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Goals of a Psychologist are...
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Describe, Explain, Predict, and Manage behavior
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Whats a theory
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a supported hypothesis that is more broad
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Independent variable and give an example
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something in an experiment thats controlled, study 5 hours
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Dependent variable, and give an example
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the variable that is expected to change, getting all A's
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Internal Validity
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the results of an experiment pertaining to those tested
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External Validity
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taking an internal validity and generalizing it to a larger group of people
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What are the 5 different types of scientific methods psych uses
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experiments, questionnaire/survey, interviews, naturalistic observation, and case studies
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What are the different types of study?
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cohort and case-control
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Cohort is cause to effect or effect to cause?
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cause to effect
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case control is cause to effect or effect to cause
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effect to cause
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whats another term for case-control study?
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retrospective
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What are the different research approaches?
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qualitative and quantitative approaches
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difference between qualitative and quantitative approaches
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qualitative is looking for quality and has more interviews and intimate experiments. Quantitative is more surveys and just wants numbers
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What is the experimental research design?
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you take one group of the same people and give half the group one thing and the other a different
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Whats the hawthorne effect
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people that are being watched act differently than they usually would.
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What are the different types of people being questioned?
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good (support your claim) bad (disproves your claim faithful (does whatever you say) apprehensive (nervous)
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What did Robert Merton do?
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made the bank and watched people and when half the people left the rest also left
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What are ethical guidelines
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define what your going to do, create rules and guidelines that everyone will follow, promote truth in what your doing, encourage values, and work together.
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Nuremberg Code
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1948 and made sure that everyone had voluntary consent
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What did the Tuskegee Syphilis Study do?
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Created the National Research Act 1974 which makes sure that the subjects know what they are being tested for.
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What did the Declaration of Helsinki do?
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1964, you have to be qualified to do experiments
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What was the Stanley Milgram Experiment?
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the shock thing. People didn't even question stopping until it became very painful which pointed out that people obey an authority figure farther than expected.
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What does informed consent entail?
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points out the benefit of the experiment, the risk, makes sure they're volunteering, you have the credentials, after care, and confidentiality
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Whats a confounding/lurking variable?
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an unforeseen and unaccounted for variable that jeopardizes the experiments outcome.`
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Who was Clever Hans
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The horse, owned by Mr. Osten
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