QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE Which research method is used to set-up a situation to find a cause and effect relationship?

This can also be done in a lab or in the real world.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE Which research methods involves asking people their thoughts, opinions and attitudes?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE Which research method is used to watch and/or listen to people?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE Which research method is used by psychologists to study a particular individual or small group of people?

Experiment

Self Reports Questionnaires & Interviews

Observation

Case Study

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What it is called when psychologists make a prediction about what their research will find?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What do psychologists call the group of people/animals that are being investigated?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What guidelines protect our participants from harm during research?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What are descriptive statistics?

Hypothesis

Sample

BPS Ethical Guidelines

They are used to summerise data, showing patterns and trends. Examples of these are: Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Standard Deviation.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE How can psychologists present their data visually?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a pilot study?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is an extraneous variable?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is mundane realism?

Graphs & Tables

A trial run of a study, where a small number of participants are used from the target population.

Anything that may interfere with a researchers results.

How much the research is like real life.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE Define reliability.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE Define validity.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is an open question?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a closed question?

A measure of consistency. Repeating research at a later date and gaining similar results.

To what extent something measures what it claims to/

Questions that invite the respondent to provide their own answer. There are no predetermined answers.

Questions that have a predetermined set of answers where the respondent must choose one.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is numerical data collected from research called?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is qualitative data?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE Why might a psychologist not tell a participant (deceive them) that they are part of a piece of research?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What are demand characteristics?

Quantitative Data

Data that is rich in detail and cannot be counted. Usually presented in words about peoples thoughts and feelings.

In order to investigate their true behaviour.

When people act how they think they should rather than how they would naturally.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE Why would a psychologist use a control group of people?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a likert scale question?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a research method?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is an independent variable?

As a baseline group to compare This is where respondents can A way of conducting research to Something that is manipulated experimental groups to. indicate the extent to which they collect data about people or by the researcher to see what agree or disagree with a animals. effect it has on another variable. statement.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a dependent variable?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a correlation?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a longitudinal study?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is action research?

Something that is measured to assess the effect of the independent variable.

A method of data analysis, assessing the relationship between 2 co-variables,

A piece of research conducted over a long period of time.

Research that is conducted at the same time as treating someone.

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a leading question?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE How is the mean calculated?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is a self selected sample?

QUIZ, QUIZ, TRADE What is debriefing?

A question that is phrased in such a way that it makes one response more likely than another. The question suggests a particular answer.

Adding up all the scores and dividing by how many there are to gain the average.

A sample of participants who have usually volunteered to participate in research.

This happens after the research, where the participant is informed of the true aims of the research.