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37 Cards in this Set
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Scientific Method
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MEAT: intro, method. results, discussion
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Basic Research
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enhance general
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Applied Research
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to solve real world problems
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Descriptive Research
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asks about behavior
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Casual Research
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asks to stimulate behavior
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One-Tailed Hypothesis
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solid prediction of the answer, confident
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Two-Tailed Hypothesis
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not sure if there is a relationship or not
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Primary Source
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person who wrote the study
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Secondary Source
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person who wrote about the study
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Conceptual Definition
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abstract variable, fundamental definition
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Operational
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has manipulated variable, can apply
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Confounding Variables
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try to take out, impacts the results
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Random Assignment
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equal chance of being in the study or not
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Correlation
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X related to Y?
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Experimental
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Does X cause Y?
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Qualitative
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numerical 1-10
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Quantitative
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describe your happiness
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Continuos Variable
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Numerical Value, magnitude
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Discrete Variable
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Numerical Value, can't cut in half. Ex: person
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Dichotomous
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Only one or the other. Ex: gender
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Ceiling Effects
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Can't go any higher
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Floor Effects
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Can't get any lower
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Validity
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Not open minded
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Reliability
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Give some test over and over,
TESTS: INTER: SPLIT |
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Hawthorne Effect
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alternate of behavior due to knowledge of being studied
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Placebo
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harmless, control, no knowledge of the people in study of who has what
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Nuremberg Code
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gives content, ethical
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Deception
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lies
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Confederate
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people working with the study but act not.
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Milgram Study
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WWII obeying authority, Shocking
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Stanford Prison
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titles and effects
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study
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whites only got treatment
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Debriefing
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Questioning
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Belmont Report
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ethical guidelines
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IRB
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ethical board
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IRB of Animals
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IACUC animal welfare act
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Plagerism
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stealing others work and giving self credit
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