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What observation is used while viewing Apes? |
Naturalistic |
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Name 1 way psychologists measure behavior |
Amplitude Duration Latency Frequency Accuracy |
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What is the difference between quantitive data and qualitative data? |
Quantitative = Numbers Qualitative = Description
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What is the definition of Amplitude? |
How intense something is |
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Name one problem with self-reports |
People will tell you what they think you want to hear. |
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Quantitative or Qualitative? Hairs on knuckles |
Quantitative |
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What is the definition of latency? |
The speed of onset |
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What is reliability associated with? |
Consistency |
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What is the most famous personality test? |
The Myers-Briggs test |
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Name one type of validity? |
Face Content |
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What is one thing that could improve recording observations? |
Having more than one person recording |
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What helps to make measurements good? |
Validity and Reliability |
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Name the measurements of behaviors. Baby Giggling |
Duration |
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Qualitative or quantitative Softness of a cat |
Qualitative |
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What is the definition of accuracy? |
Whether something is right or wrong |
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Qualitative or Quantitative Interval Ratio Scale |
Qualitative |
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Define Operationalization |
A measurement to something that cannot be measured. For example, the first day of class while measuring d bags and a**holes. You first need to define what it is and how to measure it. |
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What do you have with high reliability and low validity? |
Consist answers but not the answers you wanted. |
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What is a likert Scale? |
A system with different answers to choose from. For example the strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, neutral, somewhat agree, and strongly agree. |
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What is a intorator reliablity |
A group of people seeing the same thing. |
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What are the benefits to observational learning? |
The subject does not know they are being watched, the data cannot be corrupted. |
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What kind of measurement cannot be measured? |
Qualitative |
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What does a really positive score do to the scale? |
Creates a positive skew |
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Define Z Score |
How ever many standard deviations away from the mean |
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How do you calculate the percentile rank? |
The percent is always calculated to the left. |
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What is the mean, median, and mode on the Normal Distribution chart? |
The 0, or middle line. |
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Define percentile rank |
Everything at or below the percent given. |
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What is the direction of the tail on a negative skew? |
Left |
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What is a positive number that does not fit near the other data points? |
Outliar |
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What is content validity |
How thorough a measurement can be.
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How do you test reliability |
Test-Retest: Taking the same test at different times. Interator reliability: More than one person judging or doing something |
