research in psych

correlation examines variable relationships in terms of

• cause and effect

• thematic descriptions

• direction and strength of covariation

• means differences

a qualitative researcher who is included in a meaningful way and participants know why he/she is there

• Acknowledged observer

• Unacknowledged participant

• Acknowledged participant

• Acknowledged observer

changing a conceptual variable into a measured variable

• operational definition

• contract

• probability estimator

• dependent variable

what would meta-analysis be considered?

• primary source

• secondary source

the primary purpose of an Instructional Review Board

• evaluate the statistical power of a study

• protect participants from potential harm

• recommend reliable and valid measures

• find good journals to publish in

what was the inciting force for The Belmont Report?

• Ethics and Tuskegee study

• Ethics and Zimbardo / Stanford study

• Ethics and Milgram’s study

• Ethics and Stallings study

what codes of ethics did the Zimbardo / Stanford study break?

• The BPS code of ethics

• abuse of participants

• The Belmont Review

• lack of fully informed consent, abuse of participants, and lack of appropriate debriefings

Researching a rare medical condition might mean this is the most appropriate sampling strategy

• random sampling

• stratified sampling

• cluster sampling

• snowball sampling

Zimbardo's famous study at Stanford University claimed to simulate

• shock treatments

• classrooms

• public bathrooms

• prison

If you separated your participants into male / female groups and examined mean differences on consciousness it's

• Experimental

• Non-experimental

• Quasi-experimental

• Asking for trouble