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AP Psych cards for Methods

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Hindsight Bias   "I-knew-it-all-along" Tendency upon hearing about an event passed to think that they knew it all along.  
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Applied Research   Research that has clear, practical applications and is used to solve practical problems.  
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Basic Research   Research that explores questions that are of interest to psychologists but are not intended to have immediate, real-world applications.  
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Hypothesis   A statement that expresses a relationship between two variables.  
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Theory   Aims to explain some phenomenon and allow researchers to generate testable hypothesis with the hope of collecting data that supports them.  
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Operational Definitions   An explanation of how variables are measured.  
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Validity   Measures what the researcher set out to measure; it is accurate.  
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Reliability   Can be replicated; it is consistent.  
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Sampling   The process by which participants are selected.  
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Population   The group from which a sample is selected.  
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Random Selection   Method of selecting a sample in that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.  
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Stratified Sampling   A process that allows a researcher to ensure that the sample represents the population on some criteria.  
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Experiment   The only research method that can show a causal relationship. Allows the researcher to manipulate the IV, and control for confounding variables.  
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Confounding variables   Any difference between the experimental and control conditions that might affect the dependent variable [except for IV]  
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Assignment   Process by which participants are put into either an experimental or a control group.  
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Random Assignment   Method of assigning participants to conditions such that each has an equal chance of being placed into experimental groups.  
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Experimenter Bias   Unconscious tendency for researchers to treat members of the groups differently to increase the chance of confirming their hypothesis.  
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Double-Blind Procedure   Method in that neither the participants nor the researcher are aware of who is in the experimental or control groups.  
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Participant Bias   Tendency for subjects to behave in a certain way based on their perception of an experiment. [Placebo- Effect?]  
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Hawthorne Effect   Being selected to be in a group of people to participate in an experiment will affect the performance of that group, regardless of what is done to those individuals.  
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Correlation   Statistical measure of a relationship between two variables. [(+),(-),(0)]  
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Scatter Plot   Graph of correlated data  
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Survey Method   Asking people to give opinions or attitudes.  
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Naturalistic Observation   Observing participants in their natural habitats without interacting with them.  
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Case Study   Research method used to get a full, detailed picture of one participant or small group.  
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Descriptive Statistics   Ways of describing a set of data. [Ex: Measures of central Tendency]  
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Measure of Variability   Range, variance, and standard deviation.  
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Normal Curve   Bell-shaped curve that represents a distribution of scores.  
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Inferential Statistics   Statistics that can determine whether or not findings can be applied to the larger population from which the sample was selected.  
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Statistical Significance   There is less than a 5% chance that the results occurred by chance.  
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APA Ethical for Human Research   Coercion, Informed consent, Anonymity/confidentiality, lack of risk, debriefing procedures.  
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APA Ethical for Animal Research   Clear scientific purpose, care for and house animals humanely, acquire animal subjects legally, design procedures that employ the least amount of suffering.  
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