| EXPLANATIONS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR | VARIABLES | RESEARCH DESIGNS & DATA | PARTICIPANTS & RESULTS | ETHICS |
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What are the four explanations of human behaviour?
Biological, sociocultural, person, and basic processes.
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What is a hypothesis?
A testable prediction of the relationship between two or more events or characteristics.
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What is an experimental design?
A systematically controlled research study in which a researcher tests whether one variable influences or causes a change in another.
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What is reliability?
How consistently the test measures what it is supposed to measure each time it is given across different samples.
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What is the ethical consideration ensuring participants are aware of exactly what will occur in the study before volunteering?
Informed consent.
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What is the biological explanation of human behaviour?
Explaining human behaviour through the internal bodily processes and chemical reactions including hormones, neurotransmitters, brain structure and genetic influence.
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What is the dependent variable?
The variable in an experiment the researcher chooses to measure in order to assess the effects of the of the independent variable.
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What is the research design based on interpretations of descriptive non-numerical data that is collected through focus groups or the Delphi technique.
Qualitative Design.
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What is the term used to explain the extent to which the test measures what it intended to measure.
Validity.
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What is 'voluntary participation'?
Ensuring that all participants choose to be a part of the study themselves, with no incentive or bribe.
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What is the basic processes explanation of human behaviour?
Explaining human behaviour through the psychological processes that are universal across all humans, including perception, cognition and emotion.
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What is name of the variable in an experiment which the researcher manipulates or changes in order to assess its effects on participants responses.
The independent variable.
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What is the research design based on observational investigations where numerical data is collected on natural variations or pre-existing conditions in the IV?
Quantitative Observational Design.
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What is the 'sample' of a study?
The selected group of participants that represent the population in a study.
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What is the ethical consideration ensuring participants are aware that they can leave the study at any time before, during or after results have been collected?
The right to withdraw.
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What is the explanation of human behaviour focusing on the influence that other people exert on our behaviours?
The socio-cultural explanation of human behaviour.
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What is an extraneous variable?
Any variable apart from the IV that can cause a change in the DV and could therefore affect the results of an experiment in an unwanted way.
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What is objective data?
Information that is based on measurements of participants response that can be directly observed and verified by the researcher.
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What is the 'population' of a study?
The entire group of people that a study intends to generalise findings too, if valid.
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What is 'debriefing'?
Ensuring that participants
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What is the explanation of human behaviour that refers to the individual differences between people such as intelligence and personality?
The person explanation of human behaviour.
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What is the type of extraneous variable involving factors associated with the experimental situation.
Situational variables.
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What is subjective data?
Information that is based on self-reports provided by the participants that cannot be verified.
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What is 'generalisation'?
The term used to determine if the results from a sample of a study can be applied to entire population.
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What is a 'researchers responsibility'?
To ensure that no physical or mental harm is brought upon the participants while or after participating in a study.
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