Vocab
Any theoretically defined variable; cannot be observed or measured
What is a construct?
Authorship on a publication should accurately reflect the relative contributions of all the authors
What is publication credit?
Studying involving (unknowing) male participants with untreated syphilis
What is the Tuskegee study?
data collection that aims to describe behavior without trying to establish cause/effect relationships
What is observation?
Variables expected to change in response to the IV changing
What is the dependent variable?
participants must be informed about the nature of the study and agree to participate
What is informed consent?
social psychology experiment that attempted to investigate the psychological effects of perceived power, focusing on the struggle between prisoners and prison officers
What is the Stanford prison experiment?
Do not specify an order or particular set of questions; resemble a checklist of questions the researchers knows need to be asked, but leaves room for follow-up/clarification purposes
What is a semi-structured interview?
At the most basic level of analysis, human beings are biological systems. Our cognitions, emotions and behaviors are products of the anatomy and physiology of our nervous and endocrine systems.
What is the biological perspective?
A serious violation of ethical standards in which data is fabricated, often resulting in the psychologist losing their license to practice
What is data fabrication?
In a ____________mindset students believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are just fixed traits.
In a _________ mindset students understand that their talents and abilities can be developed through effort, good teaching and persistence.
What are fixed and growth mindsets?
Multiple people observe the same behavior then compare the results
What is inter-observer reliability?
What is covert observation?
resolve ambiguous issues and approve research proposals. These committees are located in all countries that have professional bodies of psychologists.
What are ethics committees?
Research study that focused on the perception of heroin users in urban and suburban areas
What is "The War on Whiteness that Wasn't"?
Do not withhold data used to derive conclusions presented in the publication
What is do sharing research data for verification?