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PSY290 ASU
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- 1What is Empiricism?Observed act, experience, measurable phenomena
- 2Reasoning is determining..Is it logical, given the empirical evidence?
- 3A specific statement about a particular outcome is what...Hypothesis
- 4A general statement about how concepts are related is what...A Theory
- 5What are the five steps involved in the Scientific Method?1.Observation
2.Question
3.Hypothesis/theory
4.Prediction
5.Test experiment - 6Theory in its scientific meaning refers to..Valid (and accepted) explanation of a phenomena
Explains and predicts a variety of events - 7What are the four objectives of science? (Related to Scientific Method)Describe – current observations / event
Explain – what causes the event
Predict – under what conditions will the event occur again?
Control – reduce/increase/modify the behavior - 8A skeptic..demands evidence
- 9A cynic..Dismisses evidence
- 10The basic approach to research refers to..answer questions, improving understanding
- 11What approach does "using the understanding to modify real behavior" this belong to?Applied
- 12Conformation bias is...we favor information that confirms previously held belief
- 13What is a control group?A group that doesn't receive treatment
- 14What are the six ways of acquiring knowledge?Tradition
Authority
Intuition
Personal experience
Reasoning
Empiricism - 15Thinking you are better than you are…at everything - is called?Illusory Superiority
- 16What is confirmatory testing?Looking for the opportunity to prove that you are right; NOT looking for opportunities to prove yourself wrong.
- 17What are two "cons" of tradition?1. It may no longer be true
2. It may have never been true - 18Why should we be careful trusting information from an authority?Because it depends on the authoritive source of the information. It may not actually be true.
- 19What are condition statements?assert a condition for the truth of another proposition
- 20Fallacies are:errors of reasoning/logic
- 21Unable to be manipulated, but used to group subjects - is what type of variable?Quasi-independent
- 22What is a variable that can be manipulated?An independent variable
- 23What type of variable is measured?Dependent
- 24A variable that is vague and construct is a what level of variable?Conceptual Level
- 25A variable that is specific, precise and defined is a what level of variable?Operational Level
- 26What is a meditating variable?intervening variable between and Independent variable and Dependent Variable
- 27What is a moderating variable?A variable that changes the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable
- 28What are the three claims relating to variables?Frequency, Association, Causal
- 29Which claim is this "how often some thing happens"?Frequency
- 30Which claim is this "relationship between two variables"?Association
- 31Which claim is this "one variable is responsible for the change in the second variable"?Causal
- 32Association claims are also known as...Correlations
- 33Covariance, Temporal precedence and Extraneous variables are all necessary for what?Causal Claims
- 34Cause and effect are systematically related is the explanation for ?Covariance
- 35Temporal precedence iscause precedes effect
- 36What are the four types of Validity?Construct
Statistical
Internal
External - 37What are the four Belmont principles?Beneficence
Justice
Respect for persons - 38Beneficence Responsibility Integrity Justice Respect for persons What principle are these associated with?APA Ethical Principles 2002
- 39What does omission mean?failing to provide all the information
- 40actively lying to someone is called what?Comission
- 41What are the three "R"s for the care of animals?Replacement
Refinement
Reduction - 42What is a barrier to accuracy ratings?Demand characteristics
- 43Milgram's obedience study was unethical due to which claim?Beneficance
- 44What are the four scales of measurement?Ratio
Nominal
Interval
Ordinal - 45Self-report, physiological and observations are all what?Methods of Measurement
- 46How well is the variable measured and manipulated is related to which type of validity?Construct
- 47What is a response set?Providing the same general answer each time
- 48What are the two methods of surveying?Interview or questionare
- 49What is observer bias?Observer bias: the research is bias about what they are seeing
- 50What are observer effects?Observer effects: the observer is affected by being watch
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- Flashcards on PSY290 ASU, created by Kelsey Hoare on 21/09/2015.
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