Statistics
What is Psychology
Biases
Theories
Ethics
100
The sum of all scores divided by the number of scores (Affected by outliers)
The sum of all scores divided by the number of scores. (Affected by outlier)
What is mean
100
Observable actions or reactions of individuals or groups.
What is human behavior?
100
"I knew we would win."
What is hindsight bias
100
heirarchy of needs, free will, positive regard, individual, unconditional
What is the Humanistic Theory
100
Participants must be fully informed about the research and its potential risks and benefits.
What is informed consent?
200
Left/negative skew
200
What are the four main goals of psychology?
describe, explain, predict, change
200
Systematic errors in thinking
What is cognitive bias
200
culture, tradition, individuals, social groups
What is the evolutionary theory
200
Researchers must take steps to minimize any physical or psychological harm to participants.
What is protection of harm?
300
A researcher wants to understand the lived experiences of individuals with chronic pain
Qualitative
300
What are the mental processes?
Cogntion, emotion, perception, and motivation
300
Bias that occurs when we overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgments
What is overconfidence
300
thinking, problem-solving, memory, language
What is the cognitive theory
300
A committee that reviews and approves research proposals to ensure they meet ethical standards.
What is the Institutional Review Board?
400
Used to test hypotheses, predict, and generalize to the larger population
What is inferential statistics
400
Involves forming hypotheses, conducting experiments, and analyzing results. It ensures findings are reliable and valid.
What is scientific method?
400
Why is this misleading?
If you support a political party, you're more likely to only watch their news
skews perception
400
classical/operant conditioning, brain/mind, reinforcement, punishment
what is the behavioral theory
400
Participant information must be kept private and secure
What is confidentiality?
500
In an experiment, a researcher manipulates the textbook students use to measure its effects on test scores for a philosophy class. It turns out that the average test score among subjects in the experimental group was 90, and the average score for subjects in the control group was 84. If that 6-point difference between those two groups were statistically sagnificant, what would that mean?
A difference as big as 6 points or more would be unlikely to happen by chance.
500
Psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, cross-cultural, biological, evolutionary, and humanistic
What are the perspectives
500
Why is this misleading:
Coin toss shows heads and observers believe there's a lucky streak.
Draws false conclusion
500
unconscious, id, ego, superego, childhood
what is the psychodynamic theory
500
After the study, participants must be fully informed about the research, including any deception used, and given the opportunity to ask questions.
What is debriefing?