Types of Sampling
a sample of everyone who happens to be at a certain place and agrees to participate in a study
What is opportunity sampling?
Requires the researcher to be unbiased
What is objectivity?
Purpose, procedures, possible discomforts, benefits, time length of experiment
What is informed consent?
the science of behavior and mental processes
What is psychology
Lies under the forehead. Controls planning, reasoning, movement, and some aspects of speech. This is the largest of the cerebrum's four lobes. Well connected with the seats of human emotions, the limbic system.
What is Frontal Lobe?
participants recruit other participants form among their friends and acquaintances
what is snowball sampling?
a research method in which the researcher manipulates and controls certain variables to observe the effects on other variables
What is experiment?
Reveal deception (if any), explain the experiment, Q&A
What is debriefing ?
the study of behavior and thinking using experiments
What is Experimental Psychology?
Outermost layer of the brain. Controls high level mental processes such as thought
What is Cerebral Cortex?
provides an equal chance to be selected to the target population
What is random sampling?
The research can be done again
What is repeatability?
Has the right to withdraw
What is Withdrawal from experiment?
a branch of psychology that studies the links between biological and psychological processes
usually has to do with GENES or HEREDITY
What is Biological Psychology?
Functions include hearing, speech perception, and some forms of memory. This is the auditory center of the brain. Processes impulses from the ear.
What is Temporal Lobe?
method which takes consideration of the diversity of the target population
What is stratified sampling?
A type of experimental design where random assignment to groups is not employed for either ethical or practical reasons, but certain methods of control are employed and the independent variable is manipulated.
What is quasi experimental?
Remains anonymous
What is confidentiality ?
the study of observable behavior and its explanation by principals of learning
What is Behavioral Psychology?
primary visual cortex
What is occipital lobe?
easy to find and gather participants (*this is a strength of one of the types of sampling)
What is opportunity sampling strength?
An approach to the acquisition of knowledge that places high value no direct sensory information; Gaining knowledge through experiments
What is empiricism?
No physical and mental harm
What is protection of participants ?
Study of all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
What is Cognitive Psychology?
Located along the Parietal Lobe, this registers and provides all sensations
What is Sensory Strip?