Reserach Methods

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AQA Psychology
Elisha O'Brien
Flashcards by Elisha O'Brien, updated more than 1 year ago
Elisha O'Brien
Created by Elisha O'Brien almost 11 years ago
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What are the 9 ethical guidelines? Protection of Participants Deception Debriefing Right to Withdraw data and self Lack of fully informed consent Confidentiality Privacy Advice Colleagues
What is an independent variable? The one you change (manipulate)
What is a dependant variable? The one you measure
What are extraneous variables? Variables that are not part of the study but can affect the DV reducing the validity of the study
What are the 3 key factors that can influence Internal validity? (whether the study measures what it intends to measure) Controls-Things that can be done to isolate the IV & DV Test validity- Whether the questionnaire or test is a true test of that behaviour Experimental realism- Whether the ppts believe the situation to be true/real
What are the 3 types of external validity? ( if the findings can be generalised to other people) Population validity- ethnocentric, androcentric or oestrocentric Historical validity- if the findings are true for other periods such as today Ecological validity- if the findings are true to the real world
What is a self report? Where the participants report their own thoughts, beliefs and behaviour to the researcher
What are the two types of questions? Open- where you can reply in any way, and in as much detail as they like Closed- The answers are limited and words have been chosen
What are the two types of interview? Structured- use a set of questions, with some deviation from the set questions Unstructured- The researcher develops new questions as they go along
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