WorksheetsKey Terms in Psychological Research Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is meant by the term 'research'?
A statement about what you think will happen
The element of a study you aim to measure
Investigating something systematically with the aim of demonstrating facts and producing theories
If a study is perceived as 'objective', what does this mean?
It may yield a range of different responses
Free from bias, uninfluenced by personal expectations, emotions or personal opinions
Multiple researchers will find different results
How can 'inductive reasoning' be used to solve problems in research?
Researchers can develop a theory based on their observations/ findings
A theory can be applied to situations to provide explanations for why things might happen in a particular way
The findings relate to existing research
What is meant by the term 'policy'?
A course of action taken by an organisation or an individual
Applying the method to a new situation
How the research should be conducted
Which type of experiment would be assessed as having high 'ecological validity'?
Field experiments
Natural experiments
Laboratory experiments
Which type of experiment would be considered to have low reliability?
Natural experiment
Laboratory experiment
Field experiment
If a research study is reliable it can:
Be repeated to produce similar, consistent results
Represent the targeted population
Reflect true, credible results
If you were to conduct a study using 'opportunity sampling', what would you do?
Put numbers in a hat and randomly select 50 participants to participate in a questionnaire
Send out an advert asking for volunteers to participate in a laboratory study
Use any participants who are available at the time when conducting a survey at a college about learning styles
In research, what is meant by the term 'independent variable'?
The factor in the study which is manipulated by the researcher, to assess the impact on the dependent variable
The variable (factor) in the study that you are measuring (outcome)
The other influencing factors that may contribute to a particular effect on the dependent variable, that the researcher may not be aware of
What is meant by the term 'laboratory experiment'?
An experiment conducted in the participants' natural environment
An experiment conducted in a very controlled environment
A study conducted in a natural environment; a researcher may go to a place where they are expecting to find a particular group of participants
