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Decks in this class (22)

Experimental method
Variables, aims and hypothesis
19  cards
Experimental design
matched pairs, independant measures and
14  cards
Observations
What is a participant observation,
Advantages of participant obervat...,
Disadvantages of participant obse...
30  cards
Content analyasis
W,
Is content analyasis a experiment...,
What occurs in content analyasis
20  cards
Case studys
What is a case study,
Is a case study an expermental or...,
What can occur in a case study
11  cards
Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies
What is cross sectional study,
Whats a longitudinal study,
When shouldnt we use cross secion...
10  cards
Brain scans
What are the three different type...,
What does mri stand for,
How do mris work
16  cards
Questionnaires and Interviews
What are self report techniques,
What are questionnaires,
What s an open question
24  cards
Correlational studies
What s correlation,
What s a correlational study,
When do we use a correlational de...
19  cards
Primary vs Secondary source
What is a primary sources,
Examples of methods producing pri...,
Strengths of primary sources
8  cards
Locations of reaserch
Lab, Field, quazi and online
21  cards
Problems with experiments
What are the different types of e...,
What are participant extanious va...,
Examples of participant extraneou...
16  cards
Sampling
What is a target population,
What is a sample,
What does it mean to be represent...
27  cards
Validity and Reliability
What is validty,
What is internal validty,
What is external validity
19  cards
Ethical considerations?
What are ethical considerations,
S,
Why do the bps need to give psych...
25  cards
Measures of central tendancy?
What do measures of ct do,
What are measures of central tend...,
How is the mean calculated
14  cards
Measures of dispersion
What are measures of dispersion,
What is the range,
Why do we add an additional 1 to ...
15  cards
Inferential statistics
What are inferential statistics,
What are the 4 levels of measurments,
What is step one of inferential s...
23  cards
Levels of measurments
What are the levels of measurment,
Examples of nominal data,
What is nominal data
9  cards
Graphical representation of data
What are the 7 types of graphical...,
What is a frequency table,
Examples of frequencys ta
14  cards
Data Distributions
What is normal distribution,
Whats the shape of normal distrib...,
Features of normal distribution
13  cards
The role of the scientific community
What is reporting psychological i...,
What is teh acronym for section o...,
What is an abstract
6  cards

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