Thursday, September 18, 2014

9/17-19 Research in Psychology

Psychology
Ch. 2 S1 RG

1. What is a sample?
2. What are two ways to avoid a nonrepresentative sample?  Explain both of those ways.
3. What is naturalistic observation?
4. What is a case study?
5. What is a survey?
6. What are longitudinal and cross-sectional studies?
7. What is correlation?  What does positive and negative correlation mean?
8. How does a positive correlation not give a total explanation?
9. What are the 6 steps that all experiments must have?
10. What does a hypothesis mean?
11. What are two types of variables?  Explain how these interact.
12. What is the experimental group?  What is the control group?
13. What are the seven main ethical standards/principles established by the APA in 1992?
14. On page 38 in the “Did You Know”, what error was made in polling?
15. On page 43, the “More About…” discusses The Hawthorne Study.  Read this and explain another issue with experimentation.

Due in class on 9/19

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