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A research method that involves watching people or animals and recording their behaviours.
What is a Observation?
An observation where the observer records only a specific set of pre-defined behaviours.
What is a Structured observation?
A predictive statement about what effect you expect the IV to have on the DV
What is a Hypothesis?
A description of what the researcher is trying to find out from conducting an investigation
What is Aim?
Determine the relationship between eye movements and dreams
What is the Aim?
The main way of collecting data in a research study
What is Research Method?
An observation that involves observing people in their normal environment
What is a Naturalistic observation?
A research method that involves the study of one person or event that is usually unusual in some way. It involves the collection of quantitative and qualitative data using a range of methods.
What is Case Study?
A research method where the researcher has no control over the IV or the allocation of groups
What is Natural experiment?
Where did the study take place
What is a Lab?
A research method where the experimenter manipulates an independent variable (IV) and measures a dependent variable (DV) in a controlled environment.
What is a Laboratory experiment?
A research method where the participant discusses something with a psychologist
What is Unstructured Interview?
A research method where an IV is manipulated in a natural environment
What is Field experiment?
A question that produces qualitative data. The pp is encouraged to answer in full sentences and can expand on their answer.
What is a Open question?
Stage of sleep in which our eyes move rapidly under the lids, which is associated with vivid, visual dreams
What is REM?
A research method that uses written questions
What is a Questionnaire?
A research method where a participant reports on their own thoughts and behaviours by answering a series of written (questionnaire) or verbal (interview) questions in a set order
What is Self report?
An interview with questions in a fixed order, which may be scripted.
What is a Structured Interview?
A question that produces quantitative data. The pp can only select from a set range of options, and there is not opportunity to expand on answers
What is a Closed question?
Machine used to detect and record electrical activity in nerve and muscle cells when many are active at the same time. It uses macroelectrodes, which are large electrodes stuck to the skin or scalp
What is Electroencephalograph (EEG)
A study in which the observer records the whole range of possible behaviours - usually used in the pilot stage to refine the behavioural categories to be observed.
What is an Unstructured observation?
A research method that involves plotting two variables on a scatter graph to see if they relate to each other.
What is a Correlation?
The variable that you measure in the experiment that is expected to be affected by changes in the independent variable.
What is Dependent variable?
The variable that you manipulate to create two or more conditions that is expected to have an effect on the dependent variable.
What is Independent variable?
REM or nREM sleep stage
whether the participants reported a dream,