On Ethics
Doing Research
Is it Legit?
Your Self
Knowing You
100
The set of training modules on ethics in human subjects research is called this.
What is CITI?
100
The first step in the scientific method is this.
What is asking a question?
100
Simply taking a look at the questions of a survey to see whether they seem legit at face value captures this type of validity.
What is face validity?
100
William James suggested that the self is composed of three parts. The part that captures your physical properties, such as your height, is called this.
What is the material self?
100
If we are comparing ourselves to someone who is less skilled, we are engaging in this social comparison.
What is downward?
200
The office in a university which reviews and approves human subjects studies is called this.
What is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)?
200
A study in which we manipulate a variable is called this.
What is an experiment?
200
A positive correlation between our measure and a similar measure reflects a Beatles song, or this type of validity.
What is convergent validity?
200
The part of yourself that "comes out" in a particular context is also called this.
What is working self-concept?
200
Believing that you pass a test because you are smart, or you fail because your teacher is dumb, is this type of bias.
What is the self-serving bias
300
If your study involves deception, you will likely write this type of IRB review.
What is expedited?
300
If we go into the "real world" to conduct an experiment, we are using this type of experimental design.
What is a field experiment?
300
This type of validity reflects whether we can be certain that it is our independent variable is affecting our dependent variable.
What is internal validity?
300
This idea (from wonderland) suggests that we construct our self-concept based on what you believe others think about you.
What is the looking glass self?
300
Our desire to find information that confirms the stuff we already believe is called this.
What is self-verification
400
We want to measure heart rate after a person eats Taco Bell vs. White Castle. Before that, we have to write this type of review for the IRB.
What is expedited?
400
If we ask people to rate their level of happiness today, then again next week, and then again in a month, we are using this type of survey design.
What is longitudinal?
400
This type of validity reflects whether our findings are "legit" in the real world.
What is external validity?
400
This theory suggests that self-esteem is a reflection of the quality of our social relationships.
What is Sociometer theory?
400
Positive views of the self, feeling that you are in control, and being optimistic, all combine to form this.
What are positive illusions?
500
The Tuskegee syphilis study led in part to the development of this report outlining ethical principles in human subject research.
What is the Belmont Report?
500
We are doing a study to examine whether Mario Kart players are better drivers than are Call of Duty players. In this study, our independent variable is this.
What is the video game played?
500
Examining whether our measure negatively correlates with an opposite measure gives us an index of which type of validity that helps us determine if our measure is "legit."
What is discriminant validity?
500
This theory suggests that we form our self-concept based on our prior actions.
What is your self-perception theory?
500
You may lose a game of Mario Kart but then remind yourself that you are great at Super Smash Bros reflects this form of self-enhancement.
What is self-affirmation?