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WorksheetsEthics in psychology + Experimental designs
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 51mins
What does the term "ethics" mean in psychology?
correct rules of conduct necessary when carrying out research
experiments
opportunity sampling
publishing research findings
Gaining permission from a person to take part in a study and telling them what is involved is referred to as.....
withdrawal
confidentiality
informed consent
debriefing
Researchers must ensure that those taking part in research will not be caused distress. They must be protected from ________________ and _____________ harm, ____________ or _______________ .
stress
physical
discomfort
psychological
mental
Which ethical principle states participants should be free to leave the research setting whenever they wish.
(a)
Participants have a complete right to ___________ and _________ and no participant should be identifiable by name or any other distinguishing detail.
debriefing
confidentiality
withdrawal
anonymity
Where participants are misled or wrongly informed about the aims of the research, this is referred to as
(a)
After the research is over the participant should be able to discuss the procedure and the findings with the psychologist. This is called
(a)
What are the three most common experimental designs in psychological research:
Independent measures
dependent measures
Repeated measures
Matched pairs
The independent measures design is also known as____________ .
independent sample
random assignment
control condition
data collection
(a) uses two separate groups of participants, and each participant is tested in only one condition of the experiment.
Is there a difference between random sampling and random assignment?
False
True
refers to how research participants are selected (or sampled) from a target population.
random sampling
random assignment
refers to how participants are allocated (or assigned) to experimental conditions within a study.
random sampling
random assignment
The ___________ design exposes participants to each condition making up the independent variable.
demand characteristics
participants variables
repeated measures
random assignment
__________ sample pairs of participants who are similar in a range of specific characteristics relevant to the variables under study, such as gender or age.
participants variable
matched pair designs
survey
experimental condition
Which research design allows for comparisons of a single participant's data in both conditions of an experiment?
independent measures
random assignment
repeated measures
matched pair
In psychological research, what is random assignment?
It means that every person has an equal chance of being selected for the study.
It is a way of controlling for order effects in independent measures designs.
It refers to how participants are sampled from a target population.
It refers to how participants are randomly allocated to the conditions of a study.
