Research Methods 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyResearch methods and techniquesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: livpickfordCreated on: 14-03-17 20:27 Lab experiment Strict control of extraneous variables. Researcher manipulates IV and records effects on DV 1 of 30 Field experiment Experiment held in a natural setting. Researcher manipulates IV and records effects on DV 2 of 30 Natural experiment Change in IV is not controlled by experimenter but happens naturally. Records effect on DV 3 of 30 Naturalistic observation Observing behaviour in an environment it would usually occur 4 of 30 Controlled observation Observing behaviour within a structured environment 5 of 30 Correlation An association between 2 co-variables 6 of 30 Content analysis Studying behaviour indirectly by examining communications that they produce e.g. texts, emails 7 of 30 Case study In-depth study of an individual event, person or group 8 of 30 Pilot study A small scale version on an experiment that takes place to test procedures before the actual investigation 9 of 30 Operationalisation Defining variables in terms of how they can be measured 10 of 30 Randomisation The use of chance to control the effects of bias when designing materials 11 of 30 Standardisation Use all the same formalised procedures for every participant in a study 12 of 30 Investigator effects Any affect of the investigator's behaviour on the research outcome 13 of 30 Peer review Assessment of your work by specialists in the field to ensure high quality 14 of 30 Test re-test reliability Assessing the reliability of a questionnaire by assessing the same person on two separate occasions to test consistency 15 of 30 Inter-observer reliability The extent of agreement between two or more observers involved in observations of behaviour 16 of 30 Face validity Does it look like its measuring what its supposed to measure? 17 of 30 Concurrent validity Whether a psychological measure relates to an already existing measure 18 of 30 Ecological validity The extent to which findings of an experiment can be generalised to other situations and environments 19 of 30 Temporal validity Can the findings be generalised across time? 20 of 30 Paradigm shift A significant change in the dominant unifying theory within a scientific discipline 21 of 30 Abstract Key details/summary of a psychological report 22 of 30 Introduction Look at past research on a similar topic. Includes hypotheses and aims of study 23 of 30 Method What the researcher did; design, materials, procedures etc 24 of 30 Results Description of what the researcher found 25 of 30 Discussion A consideration of what the results of the study mean for psychological theory 26 of 30 Normal distribution Symmetrical spread of frequency data. Bell shaped curve where the mean, median and mode result are at the highest peak 27 of 30 Skewed distribution Asymmetrical spread of data where the data clusters at one end rather than the middle 28 of 30 Type one error The incorrect rejection of the null hypothesis 29 of 30 Type two error Failure to reject a false null hypotheses 30 of 30
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