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Decks in this class (27)

Sampling
Target population,
Sample,
Sampling method
23  cards
Experiment
Ways of conducting psychological ...,
Lab experiment,
Independent variable meaning
61  cards
Self report
Self report,
2 main self report techniques,
Questionnaires
48  cards
Science in research
Cause and effecf,
How can we ensure the results sho...,
Deduction
13  cards
Data collection
Data,
Forms of data can be in,
Primary data
41  cards
Methodological issues
Validity,
Types of validity,
Ecological validity
14  cards
Social area
0  cards
Milgram experiment (classic study)
What was the aim of this study,
Background of this study,
What type of study was this
40  cards
Piliavin experiment (classic study)
Context of what sparked this expe...,
What were the aims of this experi...,
Independent variables type
39  cards
Developmental area
What does this area focus on,
What is the explanation for behav...,
The 2 classical studies in this area
16  cards
Bandura experiment (classic study)
Background of this study,
How does this study link to behav...,
Aim of study
52  cards
Kohlberg (classic study)
Moral development,
Previous theories of moral develo...,
Psychodynamic perspective on mora...
49  cards
Cognitive area
What are the defining principles ...,
What are the mental processes tha...,
Key concepts within cognitive area
6  cards
Moray (classic study)
What is attention,
Cherry s theory of attention,
Background of this study
40  cards
Loftus and palmer (classic study)
What is memory,
Barlett s theory on memory,
What are schemas
52  cards
Individual differences areas
0  cards
Freud (classic study)
Background to this study,
All the psychosexual stages of de...,
The oral stage
12  cards
Gould (classic study)
Psychometric testing,
Background if this study,
What type of study is
20  cards
Behaviourism
Behaviourism,
Key principle in behaviourism,
Tabula rasa
15  cards
Psychodynamic perspective
0  cards
Ethics
Broader ethical principles,
Respect ethical principle,
Responsibility
17  cards
Individual/ situational explanations
What is this debate about,
Situational explanations,
Individual explanations
7  cards
Nature nurture explanations
What is this debate about,
Nature explanations,
Nurture explanations
9  cards
Usefulness of research
Usefulness,
Why should research be useful,
But why would research not need t...
13  cards
Reductionism or holism
0  cards
Psychology as a science
1  cards
Correlation
Correlation,
Co varibales,
Research question
5  cards

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