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20 Cards in this Set
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Being Sick of Being in the hospital
hypothesis |
Does a hospital make people feel sick?
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Being Sick of Being in the hospital
Independent Variable |
The setting was the independent variables; being at home or being in the hospital
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Being Sick of Being in the hospital
Dependent Variable |
The dependent variables were the ratings of anxiety, nausea, and analysis of immune system functioning
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Being Sick of Being in the hospital
Research Design |
Experiment, except that the participants were their own control group.
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Being Sick of Being in the hospital
Important Results |
Higher levels of anxiety were present in the hospital rather than the house. Nausea was also greater in the hospital.
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Small waste + Big hips = attractive lady
Hypothesis |
The researchers wanted to know if the WHR (waste Hip Ratio) was manipulated, would it change the woman’s attractiveness to men
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Small waste + Big hips = attractive lady
Independent Variable |
The WHR on the diagrams
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Small waste + Big hips = attractive lady
Dependent Variable |
The dependent variable were the rankings the men gave the women
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Small waste + Big hips = attractive lady
Research Design |
This was a correlation between attractiveness and WHR
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Small waste + Big hips = attractive lady
Important Results |
The hypothesis was supported because it was decided that men decided WHR played a major role in their decisions.
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Flash in the pan
Hypothesis |
The hypothesis was : if the responses were accurate then the flash bulb memory is a reliable source.
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Flash in the pan
Independent Variable |
Initial procedure: The questions they asked….1988 procedure: Same questions were asked but also added the accuracy scale with answers…..1989 procedure: cognitive interviews about specific details
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Flash in the pan
Dependent Variable |
The answers the students game each year was the dependent variables and the responses to the cognitive interviews.
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Flash in the pan
Research Design |
Longitudinal study because they followed the same students for a long period of time
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Flash in the pan
Important Results |
25 percent remember the 1986 questionaire, the mean accuracy was 2.95 out of a possible 7… The hypothesis was not supported because the memory wasn’t very reliable.
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Grow Your Own….computer
Hypothesis |
The hypothesis was that someone with a “more active verbal/intellectual life” would have ‘more complex dendritic systems that an individual with less verbal/intellectual interaction.
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Grow Your Own….computer
Independent Variable |
The dendrite systems were the equivalents.
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Grow Your Own….computer
Dependent Variable |
How the participant lived their life….whether they were healthy, active…etc
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Grow Your Own….computer
Research Design |
This was a correlation study because it looked closely at relationships between certain variables
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Grow Your Own….computer
Important Results |
There were no significant age-related changes in dendritic number. The hypothesis was not supported because the correlation was not significant.
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