Psychological Research Methods, Concepts And Skill
Psychological Research Methods, Concepts and skill
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. . Psychological Research Methods, Concepts and skills 100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
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. . Psychological Research Methods, Concepts and skills 100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
. . Psychological Research Methods, Concepts and skills 100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
. . Psychological Research Methods, Concepts and skills 100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES...
Confirmation bias - ANSWER-The tendency to search for, interpret,
favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting
beliefs or hypotheses.
Hindsight bias - ANSWER-The inclination, after an event has occurred,
to see the event as having been predictable, despite there being little or
no objective basis for predicting it.
Cultural norms - ANSWER-The societal norms, values, and expectations
that influence behavior and mental processes
Random assignment - ANSWER-Assigning participants to experimental
and control conditions by chance to minimize preexisting differences
between those assigned to the different groups.
Case study non-experimental - ANSWER-An in-depth study of a single
individual or a small group that provides detailed descriptive
,information but cannot be used to establish cause-and-effect
relationships.
Correlation non-experimental - ANSWER-A research method that
examines how variables are naturally related in the real world, without
any attempt by the researcher to alter them.
Overconfidence - ANSWER-The tendency to have more confidence in
one's own abilities or knowledge than is objectively reasonable.
Hypothesis - ANSWER-A testable prediction about the relationship
between two or more variables.
Operational definitions - ANSWER-Clear, specific definitions of variables
or procedures used in a research study.
Independent variable (IV) - ANSWER-The variable that is manipulated or
changed in an experiment to observe its effects on the dependent
variable
Meta-analysis non-experimental - ANSWER-A statistical technique for
combining the findings from independent studies to identify patterns of
results across studies.
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Dependent variable (DV) - ANSWER-The variable that is measured or
observed in an experiment and is expected to be influenced by the
independent variable.
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Population - ANSWER-The entire group of individuals or instances about
whom the researcher wants to draw conclusions.
Representative sample - ANSWER-A subset of the population that
accurately reflects the characteristics of the whole population.
Random sampling - ANSWER-A sampling technique where every
member of the population has an equal chance of being selected for
the sample.
Confounding variables - ANSWER-Variables other than the independent
variable that may influence the results of an experiment
Sampling bias - ANSWER-A bias that occurs when a sample is not
representative of the population it is intended to represent.
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