4 Big Validities
Affects
What is a causal claim verb?
An attribute that varies.
What is a variable?
The bridge between basic and applied research.
What is Translational research?
With all other things being equal, the simplest theory is always the best.
What is parsimony?
Systematic (planned)
Rigorous (thorough and accurate)
Objective (unbiased)
Verifiable (replicable)
Cumulative (relies on previous research)
What is empirical research?
Helps us to make predictions.
Take association claims a step further.
What is a causal claim?
A variable that could impact an outcome without our knowledge.
What is a confound?
A prediction of a specific outcome derived from the theory.
What is a hypothesis?
A concise summary.
What is an abstract?
When you're able to control which came first.
What is temporal precedence?
Has only one level in the study in question.
What is the difference between a constant and a variable?
Trusting authorities on a subject.
What is a shortcut to Research?
•Are supported by data
•Are falsifiable
•Have parsimony (Occam’s razor)
What are good features of scientific theories?
Academic Search Complete, ERIC, PsycINFO, PubMed-Medline, PsychiatryOnline, PsycARTICLES, and Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
What are examples of scientific databases?
The two variables (the causal variable and the outcome variable) correlate.
The causal variable precedes the outcome variable.
There is no alternative explanation for the relationship
What is the criteria for making a causal claim?
One that a researcher can control.
What is a manipulated variable?
Means that findings are not expected to explain all of the cases all of the time.
What is probabilistic research?
Ideally only innovative and high quality research
Traditionally, only significant results a study
What usually gets published?
Interpretation of findings, scientific contribution, limitations, recommendations for future research, implications for practice.
What is the discussion section?
The gold standard of psychological research because of their potential to support causal claims.
What is an experiment?
Recording an observation, a statement, or a value as it occurs naturally
How to measure a variable?
The answer that comes to mind easily must be the correct one.
What is intuition?
Can either support/confirm/be consistent with or disconfirm/be inconsistent with a theory
What are empirical research findings?
Where you would describe what your current study adds to the existant literature (i.e., previous studies that were conducted on this topic)
What is the introduction section?