Approaches
Which perspective would be most useful when explaining how people from different countries express anger?
What is socio-cultural
What kind of study explores rare and unusual cases?
What is case study
What is an operational definition?
Procedure to measure a variable
What are the three measures of central tendency?
mean, median, mode
What is the purpose of APA Ethical Guidelines?
protect participants from harm
Which approach is focused on reaching one's potential?
What is humanism
What technique is used to gather data from many people at one time?
What is survey
What kind of sample leads to generalizable results?
Random sample
What is the mode of this data?
2,3,5,4,3
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What needs to be obtained before a study is done?
informed consent
Which perspective of psychology would most likely explore how we process and remember information?
What is cognitive
What kind of study looks at the relationship between two variables?
What is correlational study
Define confounding variable
variable other than the IV that can impact the DV
What is a measure of association and how is it depicted?
correlation coefficient, scatterplot
debriefing
According to the behaviorist perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what?
What is observation
What is the only kind of study that can infer cause and effect?
What is Experimental study
Internal validity can be higher when a researcher employs this method
random assignment
What is a standard deviation?
average distance from each data point to the mean
What was the main issue in the Milgram Obedience Study?
emotional harm
What is a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders
What is psychoanalytic/psychodynamic
What kind of study uses past studies to account for similarities among results?
researcher and participants do not know which group is which
What does p<.05 mean?
probability that results occured by chance is less than 5%
This panel of experts approves studies before they are conducted
IRB