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Psych AAQ Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Experiment | Research method: determines cause and effect; includes treatments |
| Correlation | Research method: studies a predicted relationship |
| Case study | Research method: in-depth investigation of an individual or group |
| Naturalistic observation | Research method: data compiled by watching participants in their natural environment without manipulating a variable |
| Meta-analysis | Research method: a study that combines the results of multiple other studies |
| Operational definition | Definition: a measurable or quantifiable definition of the identified variable as used in the study |
| Informed consent/assent | Ethical guideline: informing the jawns in the study about what's jawning on in the study |
| Debriefing to correct deception (deception to be approved by the IRB) | Ethical guideline: a debrief after the study that lets jawns know what jawned in the study |
| Confidentiality | Ethical guideline: keeping jawns' identities and such jawnfidential |
| Anonymity | Ethical guideline: also keeping jawns' identities and such confidential |
| Review Board (IRB) and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) | Ethical guideline: if the study has been approved by either of those two jawns, it's good to go |
| Protection from Harm (physical and psychological) | Ethical guideline: if the jawns in the study are protected from physical and/or psychological harm |