Psychology Questions
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The repetition of a study to confirm the results.
The view that using logic and reason is the way to understand how the world works.
The intuitive ability to understand the world.Often wrong or even self-contradictory
Researchers must submit a written proposal to their institution's IRB. What must be included in this proposal? Name 3 things.
Is coercion of participants ever ok?
What is the IRB for research on nonhuman animals called? (words, not the abbreviation)
The official guidelines for behavioral research enforced by the federal government and the APA take the _____ approach to resolving ethical issues.
APA guidelines regarding research with nonhuman animals state that researchers may subject animals to pain or stress only under 2 conditions. What are they?
What does it mean when we find evidence of a lot of systematic variance?
One way to indicate the variability in a set of data is to calculate the range. How is this done?
Behavioral scientists have become increasingly interested in examining the strength of relationships between particular variables across many studies. The effect sizes from different studies are statistically combined to obtain a general estimate of the strength of the relationship between the variables. This procedure is known as a _____ _____. [see Ch. 2]
Total variance can be split into two types of variance. What are they?
If most of the scores are spread out from the mean, will the variance be large or small?
What are the 3 types of effect size indicators? [see Ch. 11]
What do we call the sum of the squared deviation scores?
Several studies have been conducted to assess how research participants feel after finding out they have been deceived. According to these studies, how do most participants feel?
If most of the scores are tightly clustered around the mean, will the variance be large or small?
In a cost-benefit analysis of whether or not research should be conducted, what are some potential benefits? Name two (besides practical outcomes).
When we conclude that findings are statistically significant, what do we mean (in terms of systematic and error variance)?
_____ is a numerical index of the variability in a set of data.