INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES WK 2 Lecture

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Lizzie needs to choose a research design for her IP. She only wants to gather data to present a complete picture of a given subject. What design should she go for?
Descriptive
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Tim needs to choose a research design for his study. He wants to try to figure out/predict the relationship between two or more variables. What design should she go for?
Correlational
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Sophie needs to choose a research design for her PhD study. She wants to establish a cause and effect of a phenomenon. What research design should she use?
Experimental
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Levine and Norenzayan's (1999) Assessed pace of life in 31 countries Study is an example of what?
Observational research
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Taka Masuda examined cultural differences in aesthetic preferences. What type of descriptive study design did he use?
Archival
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Lizzie wants to ask people questions about their attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. What method should she use?
Survey
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The three main categories of research are
Descriptive, correlational, experimental
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Research studies that do not test specific relationships between variables are called
Descriptive studies
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Research studies designed to determine whether a relationship exists between variables is known as ________ research.
Correlational
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The only way to determine if there is a cause and effect relationship between two variables is to do ________ research
Experimental
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A(n) ________ is a list of questions developed by a researcher that can be administered in paper or online form
Survey
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Research designed to assess the association between variables not manipulated by the researcher is known as:
Correlational
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When measuring reliability, ______ looks at whether the measures are consistent, ______ looks at whether the observers are consistent.
test-retest reliability, inter-rater reliability
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A ____ correlation is a relationship where two events/variables that actually have no logical connection are inferred to be related due to an unseen third occurrence
Spurious
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Confounds, experimenter expectancy effects & participant effects are all threats to:
Internal validity
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Levine and Norenzayan's (1999) Assessed pace of life in 31 countries Study is an example of what?

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Taka Masuda examined cultural differences in aesthetic preferences. What type of descriptive study design did he use?

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