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Reliability
Empiricism and Objectivity
Validity
Validity II
100
Granddaddy of Psychology who was obsessed with mothers and cigars
What is Sigmund Freud
100
Similar to accuracy or replication.
What is reliability.
100
Evidence collected via the scientific method
What is empirical evidence.
100
Testing what we're saying we're testing
What is validity.
100
When research is done in an artificial environment or were tasks performed artificially, this may lead to poor _____.
What is ecological validity.
200
Major aspect of Biology that was been applied to Psychology with a focus on genetics and inheritance.
What is evolution.
200
Bob, did you really see aggression? This question refers to what type of reliability?
What is inter-rater reliability.
200
Threats to objectivity.
What is bias?
200
Independent and dependent ___________ must be clearly defined and be a fair reflection of the phenomenon being investigated
What are variables.
200
Laboratories + control the conditions, eliminate variables yet – unrealistic environment makes it tough to generalize from artificial setting to _______.
What is real life/the real world.
300
Psychology likes to think of itself as just as hard a science as biology or chemistry. To do this we do research that follows this method
What is the scientific method.
300
Whether the research can be repeated by a separate research team and get similar results.
What is external reliability?
300
Challenge: how to explore and explain the human mind when it cannot be directly _________.
What is observed.
300
Is what the researcher is trying to manipulate and measure, really being measured on the surface of the study? This refers to research that appears to have been done well.
What is Face-Validity
300
_____% of research is done on university students.
What is 75%?
400
Wilhelm Wundt's first psychology laboratory was here.
What is Leipzig (Germany).
400
When a test is repeated and you get the same results. Eg you rate just as introverted on a personality test on Monday as you do on Friday.
What is Test-retest reliability?
400
When redbull pays for your study on the effects of redbull on 6th grader's maths performance, you must be careful to avoid and acknowledge this.
What is researcher bias.
400
When Participants know they are being tested and work out the researchers' intentions and change behaviors (intentions are often kept secret).
What are demand characteristics?
400
1/3 of psychology tests are done on who?
What is psychology students.
500
The definition of psychology.
What is "the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes."
500
Physical Aggression must be seen as physical contact between two or more individuals. This is a good example of doing what to a definition?
What is operationalised.
500
If you think boys are more aggressive than girls and are conducting an observation to investigate this, you must be careful not to discount information that goes against your theory and put more weight in information that confirms it. Then you will be avoiding this.
What is conformation bias.
500
When you respond to a research scenario by giving answers that make you look good, even when they don't line up to what you really think.
What is the social desirability effect
500
Can we ____________ our results from the participants to the wider population?
What is generalize