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Types of Research
Experimental Method
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Ethics
Issues with Research
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This type of research can best establish a cause-and-effect relationship.
What is an experiment?
200
In an experiment to determine the effects of exercise on motivation, exercise is this.
What is the independent variable?
200
A student who obtained a percentile rank of 85 on an achievement test is best characterized as having scored higher than this many test takers.
What is higher than 85% of test takers?
200

Voluntary participation, informed consent, no harm, and no deception

What is ethical research

200
Drawing this kind of sample of people means everyone has the same probability of being chosen for the study.
What is a random sample?
400
A researcher interested in investigating the attitudes or opinions of a large sample of people is most likely to use this research method.
What is a survey?
400
There are two categories of research studies, experimental and non-experimental, and one thing distinguishes them.
What is random assignment
400

There are three measures of central tendency

What is mean, median, and mode

400

Awareness of the ways that cultural factors influence all stages of the referral process

What is cultural competence

400
Dr. Velazquez decided to study the video game playing habits of her students and therefore demanded that they complete and return a survey regarding their gaming habits. This ethical principle was clearly violated in this study.
What is the right to refuse to participate (leave at any time)?
400
This type of research would be used to measure the relationship between age and reaction time.
What is correlational research?
400
In order to learn about the political attitudes of all students enrolled at Western Washington University, Professor Martinez randomly selected 900 of these students to complete a questionnaire. In this instance, all the students enrolled at Western Washington University are considered to be this.
What is the population?
400
In a normal distribution of test scores, this is the percentage of scores that fall at or below the mean score.
What is 50%?
400

When the researcher can identify the respondent but keeps it secret

What is confidentiality

400
The mean will be higher than the median in any distribution that is this.
What is "skewed"?
600
1953, H.M. underwent surgery to control his seizures. Doctors removed tissue from the hippocampus. As a result H.M.'s memory was severely impaired. Psychologists studied H.M.'s memory function until his death in 2008. Psychologists utilized this type of research.
What is a case study?
600
In an experiment, this is the variable being measured.
What is the dependent variable?
600
This is the median of this data set: 9, 5, 3, 7, 1, 6, 4
What is 5?
600

This study has had the most profound impact on ethical issues in psychological research.

What is Stanley Milgram’s study of obedience

600
When conducting psychological research involving animals, the guidelines researchers must follow were set by this governing board.
What is American Psychological Association (APA)?
1000
A researcher who strongly believes that genetic influence is the major factor to human intelligence is analyzing data about identical twins that have been separated at birth and reunited in adulthood. The researcher observes many similarities in personality and habits within the twin pairs but does not notice differences within the twin pairs that might argue against the student’s belief. This student’s behavior illustrates this issue in research.
What is confirmation (experimenter) bias?
1000
A test that fails to predict what it is designed to predict lacks this.
What is validity?
1000

In research, a significant difference refers to this.

What is a difference not likely due to chance?

1000

This form provides information on a study and what participants might experience if they agree to participate in a study.  It also provides written information on the right to refuse to participate.

What is informed consent form

1000
A survey shows that students who have computers in their homes have higher GPAs than students whose homes lack computers. The researcher concludes that having computers at home improves grades. This conclusion is incorrect. Why?
What is that they inferred causation from correlation (cause and effect instead of just a relationship)?