PSY200 Research Methods In Psychology A UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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PSY200 Research Methods In Psychology A
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PSY200 Research Methods In Psychology A
PSY200 Research Methods In Psychology A
UPDATED Actual Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER- The degree to which the test, or instrument, measures
what it is supposed to measure
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER- The consistency, or repeatability, of a measure
External Validit...
PSY200 Research Methods In Psychology A
UPDATED Actual Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The degree to which the test, or instrument, measures
what it is supposed to measure
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The consistency, or repeatability, of a measure
External Validity - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Do the results apply to the broader
population? Generalizability
Internal Validity - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Is the IV responsible for the observed changes
in the DV?
Maturation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Changes due to growth or predictable changes i.e.
time passing.
History - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Changes due to an event that occurred during the study
that are not part of the treatment
Testing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Changes due to the effects of previous testing (Happens
during repeated measures testing)
Instrumentation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Any changes to the calibration of the measuring
instrument over the course of the study
A threat to internal validity when there are inconsistencies in data collection
Regression to the Mean - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The tendency for extreme values of a
variable to fall closer to the group mean when retested.
, Selection Bias - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Any factor that creates groups that are not equal
at the start of the study. A result of improper or non-random selection
Attrition - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Loss of participants during a study
Diffusion of Treatement - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Changes in participants behaviour due
to information they obtained about conditions
Sequence Effects - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Effects on performance in one condition due
to experience with previous conditions
Subject Effects - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Participants try to understand the study to know
what they "should do" to help the study
Demand Characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Participants respond to subtle cues
about what is expected
Placebo Effect - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔treatment effect due to the expectation that
treatment will work
Experimenter Expectancy - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In research, when researchers' biases
and expectations influence the outcomes of an experiment. They see what they are hoping to
see
Measurement Reactivity - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Participants respond differently
because they know they are being observed
Test-Retest reliability - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔consistency of measures when the same
test is administered to the same person twice.
used to assess the consistency of a measure from one time to another
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