This person was the first to combine our oldest philosophical questions with our newest scientific measures
Who is William James?
100
"Mary," the older woman and former nun who was anorexic but never possessed a mirror is an example of type of study?
What is case study?
100
Ethics in the U.S. started with this famous case.
What is Tuskegee Syphillis Study?
100
This is the hypothesis that assumes no group differences and you always go into hypothesis testing assuming that this is true.
What is the null hypothesis?
100
The bare minimum of a basic true experiment is:
What is a randomly assigned IV (manipulation) and DV?
200
This is a the current scientifically validated explanation for why we have dreams.
What is the activation synthesis model?
200
These are great for showing contradictions to existing theory and testing rare/bizarre phenomena.
What is case study?
200
These are the 4 types of IRB review
What is full, expedited, exempt, research not on humans?
200
Finding an effect when there really isn't one (a false positive) is known as this type of error.
What is Type 1?
200
When measuring differences in death rates across states, you should hold age constant. Age in this case is a:
What is control variable?
300
Freud might have been right about ___, but he was right about _____
What is the content of the subconscious; the fact that we have a subconscious and that it shapes our behavior?
300
Asking someone 'are you happy?' (yes/no) is this type of question, whereas asking them 'how happy are you?' (scale from 1-7) is this kind of question.
What is dichotomous, scale?
300
These are included under "vulnerable populations"?
What is children, mentally ill, prisoners?
300
Type 1 and 2 errors are _____related.
What is inversely?
300
This type of variable explains your IV-DV relationship (Give an example)
What is a mediator?
400
This is the worst kind of science
What is atheoretical and correlational?
400
All the studies discussed in class on money, marriage, and children are examples of what type of research?
What is correlation?
400
These are the necessary elements of a consent form
What is purpose, procedure, rights, confidentiality?
400
Predicting that there are differences between men and women would involve a ___-tailed test, but predicting that women are higher than men would involve a ___-tailed test.
What is two, one?
400
Disgust causes people to judge things as wrong, but this largely depends on age and culture. Age/culture in this case are examples of this kind of variable (define & explain).
What is moderator--something that changes the nature of the IV-DV relationship?
500
These are the 4 cannons of good science; explain each.
What is determinism, empiricism, parsimony, testability?
500
These are the defining features of non-experimental design
What is no manipulation, no control over participants, no random assignment?
500
These are the basic ethical principles in the Belmont report; define each.
What is respect for persons, beneficence, and justice?
500
These are the ways you can reduce probability of getting a Type 2 error.
What is power: increasing your effect, decreasing your SD, increasing your sample size, or increasing your p-value?
500
These are 4 types of DVs discussed in class; define and give an example of each.