research methods AS psychology

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AS - Level Psychology FlashCards sobre research methods AS psychology, criado por Megan Bailey em 16-03-2016.
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what do you put in a hypothesis? what is the IV what is the DV what do you expect to happen
experimental and hypothesis experimental hypothesis- lab field or natural (or quasi) hypothesis (non experimental method used) interview, questionnaire, case study or observation.
types of hypothesis directional hypothesis- one tailed- one predicted outcome. non directional hypothesis- two tailed- could be one of two outcomes. null hypothesis- nothing will happen
what three extraneous variables must be controlled? participant variables situational variables investigator variables
what differences between participants are needed genralisability age, gender, mood, ethnicity, expectations, intelligence, personality, memory, attitude, previous experience.
situational variables the environment: heat/noise/distractions the time of day/time of year/place in history order effect- which part is done first
limit situation variables do things in the... same order same time same equipment same surroundings
counterbalancing ABBA group 1 do task A then task B group 2 do task B followed by task A
investigator variables body language or tone made their mind up about the results demand characteristics
limiting investigator effects placebo condition single blind double blind
testing reliability test- retest reliability- same result when re-tested inter-rater reliability- same result when done by another researcher
3 experimental designs independent measures repeated measures matched pairs
sampling random sampling systematic stratified opportunity volunteer
ethics BPS guideline Competence Deceit Consent Debrief right to Withdraw Protection from harm Privacy
self report technique open questions closed questions quantitative date qualitative data
interview types structured un structured semi-structured
mistakes to avoid in making a questionnaire jargon emotive language leading questions double barrelled questions double negatives personal questions near the begining
steps in questionnaire design 1) aims and hypothesis 2) qualitative or quantitative date 3) pilot study to modify the questionnaire 4) sampling 5)ethical issues 6) data analysis
types of correlation positive correlation negative correlation no correlation correlation is not causation
kinds of data qualitative date quantitative data primary data secondary data
data analysis central tendency- mean, median and mode the range standard deviation
types of data discontinuous data- nominal, ordinal continuous data- interval/ratio
tables and graphs results table bar chart histogram line graph scatter graph
distributions of data normal distribution skewed distribution.- negative/positive skew.
peer review researchers 1) perform research 2)write up in full detail 3) aim to get paper published peer review 1)validates 2) suggests improvements 3)allocate research funding
psychology application learning approach behaviourism- treatment of phobias, animal training learning approach social learning- appropriate role models for children cognitive approach- improvements to education, computer modelling to artificial intelligence, create things such as lie detector tests biological approach- understand genetic basis of behaviour, evolution of behaviour, effects of hormones and develop drug theories
designing a research study AMVE SEMPA Aims and hypothesis Method and design Variables Extraneous variables Sampling Ethics Materials Procedure and location Analyse and collect data
evaluating a research study GRAVE genralisability reliability application validity ethics

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