Psychology Research Methods

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Method of intense study of just one individual:

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Case Study

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A type of observation conducted in the participants' normal environment without interference from the researchers.

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Naturalistic observation

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This is a method of research where an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).

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Experiments

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Independent variable is to dependent variable as _________ is to ____________.

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cause | effect.

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Cardinal rule of naturalistic observation:

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Not disturbing participants in the study

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If I want to gather how all students are feeling about remote learning so far, which method would make the most sense?

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Survey

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An individual suffered a major traumatic brain injury after getting in a bad accident at work. If a psychologist wants to know the effects of the trauma, what method would be best?

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Case study

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In experimental studies which group receives nothing? In other words, they do not get the variable that is under study.

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Control group

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This refers to the method of gaining enough participants that represent various backgrounds of people, allowing researchers to generalize results to the larger population:

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Random sampling

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What kind of relationship? Positive Correlation, Negative Correlation, No Relationship

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Positive Correlation