PS1813 Introduction to Psychological Research Methods

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Decks in this class (21)

S1 Wk 1 - Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Psychology
Behaviour analysis 4 points,
Cognitive psychology and 4 types,
Inference
7  cards
S1 Wk 2 - Falsification, Operationalisation & Testable Hypothesis
Movies operationalisations are at...,
What is empiricism,
What does operationalise mean
20  cards
S1 Wk 3 - Variables and Measurement
What is a variable,
Variables are and can be used,
What is random variations
24  cards
S1 Wk 4 - Critical Thinking about Qualitative Research
What does reliability mean,
Internal reliability mean,
What does replication mean
18  cards
S1 Wk 5 - Distributions, Samples and Populations
Data spread is known as a,
The central limit theorem allows ...,
What do samples refer to
17  cards
S1 Wk 7 - Designing a Quantitative Study
Five practical issues that would ...,
What are correlational designs,
Two ways of dealing with confounds
7  cards
S1 Wk 8 - Correlational Designs
What is a correlational design,
What are correlations,
The mean
11  cards
S1 Wk 9 - Quantitative Report Writing
0  cards
S1 Wk 10 - Qualitative Approaches to Psychological Research
Core reading reference,
What is qualitative research,
What type of models do qualitativ...
13  cards
S1 Wk 11 - Qualitative Data Collection
3 common types of quanlitative data,
Whats theoretical sampling,
What is maximum variation sampling
12  cards
S1 Wk 12 - Thematic Analysis
0  cards
S1 Wk 13 - Evaluating Qualitative Research
0  cards
S2 Wk 2 - Measurement, Questionnaires and Scales
3 types of measures,
Behavioural measurement,
Self report
12  cards
S2 Wk 3 - Conducting ethical research and the replication crisis
0  cards
S2 Wk 5 - Between-subjects Designs
0  cards
S2 Wk 6 - Within-subjects Designs
0  cards
S2 Wk 7 - Nominal Data
0  cards
S2 Wk 8 - Critical Analysis research designs, Confidence Intervals and Effect Sizes
0  cards
S2 Wk 10 - Writing a Better Discussion
0  cards
S2 Wk 11 - Graphs
0  cards
S2 Wk 12 - Research Tools
0  cards

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