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17 Cards in this Set
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Case studies |
An approach to research where one studies an individual person in great detail. This strategy commonly is associated with clinical research, that is, research conducted by a therapist in the course of in-depth experiences with a client. |
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Correlational coefficient |
A numerical index that summarises the degree to which two variables are related linearly. |
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Correlational research |
An approach to research in which existing individual differences are measured and related to one another, rather than being manipulated as in experimental research. |
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Demand characteristics |
Cues that are implicit (hidden) in the experimental setting and influence the subject's behaviour. |
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Electroencephalography |
(EEG) A method for recording electrical activity in the brain. The recordings are made through electrodes placed on the scalp. |
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Experimental research |
An approach to research in which the experimenter manipulates a variable of interest, usually by assigning different research participants, at random, to different experimental conditions. |
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Experimenter expectancy effects |
Unintended experimenter effects involving behaviours that lead subjects to respond in accordance with the experimenter's hypothesis. |
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging |
(fMRI) A method for depicting brain activity while a person carries out different tasks that is based on the fact that blood flow to different areas of the brain fluctuates as those brain areas become active during task performance. |
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Idiographic (strategies) |
Strategies of assessment and research in which the primary goal is to obtain a portrait of the potentially unique, idiosyncratic individual. |
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L-data |
Life record data or information concerning the person that can be obtained from the person's life history or life record. |
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Nomothetic (strategies) |
Strategies of assessment and research in which the primary goal is to identify a common set of principles or laws that apply to all members of a population of persons. |
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)-data |
Obsever data or information provided by knowledgeable observers such as parents, friends or teachers. |
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Reliability |
The extent to which observations are stable, dependable, and can be replicated. |
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Response style |
The tendency of some subjects to respons to test items in a consistent, patterned way that has to do with the form of the questions or answers rather than with their content. |
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S-dat |
Self-report data or information provided by the subject. |
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T-data |
Test data or information obtained from experimental procedures or standardised tests. |
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Validity |
The extent to which observations reflect the phenomena or constructs of interest to us (also "construct validit"). |
