Research methods and experiments.

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Aims of peer review
To allocate funding, to validate the quality and relevance of research, to suggest ammendments and improvements.
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Laboratory
Can lack ecological validity.
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Peer review
The assessment of scientific work by others who are specialists in the same field to ensure that any research intended for publication is of high quality.
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Randomly allocate participants
Has potential to mess with the results.
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Research methods.
Observation, questionnaire, survey, biological tests,witnesses, interviews, lab experiments.
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An experiment
The controlled test of a hypothesis.
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Advantage of lab experiments
They’re cheap, quick and you can control everything.
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Environment
Can change how you see others.
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Inference
Make decisions about what someone is thinking based on outwardly behaviour.
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Introspection
Trying to understand why someone does something by examining what triggered response, memories evoked, feelings and sensations
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What makes a science
Validity, experiments, repetition, comparison, scientific equipment, controlled environment
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Features of a science
Predictability, objectivity, replicability, controlled observations, hypothesis testing, empirical methods
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