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Qualitative research and mixed methods

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Phenomonology
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Grounded theory

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Focused on the discovery and description of the culture or group of people
methodology for generating and developing a theory that is grounded in the particular data
researcher attempts to understand and describe how on or more participants experience a phenomonen
Method in which the researcher provides a detailed description and account of one or more individuals, organizations or events

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Knowledge from experience: observing facts, facts concurring with experience, and research conducted under controlled conditions, is called _____.

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Empiricism is research done in psychology to acquire knowledge, using observation to collect data under controlled conditions, championed by John Locke and David Hume.

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____ is designed to systematically produce reliable knowledge about the natural world.

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Science is one of the most trusted ways to produce to reliable knowledge, it continues to develop and improve over time, holding certain fundamentals as true.

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A reasoning process that goes from the specific to the general of which Aristotle adhered that was dominant from the late 17th century to the mid 19th century.

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Induction uses inference, often seen in the use of statistical analysis in psychological research. For example, Latane (1981) observed people do not exert as much effort in a group as they do working alone, he then inferred that this represents a more general construct of 'social loafing'

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Fill in the blanks related to the process of coming up with research

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Hypothesis testing is the process of formulating a hypothesis or predicted relationship and then comparing the hypothesis with the observed facts.

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Characteristics of scientific research

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reproduction of results in a new study
a quantitative technique for describing the relationship between variables across multiple studies
representing constructs by a specific set of ____
defining a concept by the ____ used to represent or measure it

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meta-analysis
operationalism
operational definition
replication

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Fill in the blanks describing the characteristics of the role of a scientist in psychological research.

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Goal is the pursuit of knowledge and the uncovering of regularities in nature, the researcher must be

Gaining knowledge from nature can be a slow, tedious process, researcher must be

The scientists personal wishes and attitudes should not affect his or her observations, the researcher should maintain

Devising new methods and techniques for investigating nature, the researcher must be open to

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aspects of research

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an explanation of how and why something operates with the capacity to guide research and summarize previous results
the inductive or deductive part of the scientific process
the deductive or testing part of the scientific process

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theory
logic/context of justification
logic/context of discovery

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Feasibility of the study must consider

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Objectives of psychological research

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the portrayal of a situation or phenomenon
determination of cause/causes
ability to anticipate the occurrence of an event

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prediction
explanation
description

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creating new ad hoc hypotheses in order to explain away negative findings is a strategy of pseudo science

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Variables

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Varies by type or kind
Varies by degree or amount
Presumed to cause changes in another variable
presumed to be influenced by 1+ other variables
Competing variables in explaining outcomes

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Quantitative Variable
Independent Variable
Categorical variable
Extraneous variable
Dependent Variable

psychology research methods 1

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Qualitative research and mixed methods

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Phenomonology

Ethnography

Case Study

Grounded theory

Focused on the discovery and description of the culture or group of people

methodology for generating and developing a theory that is grounded in the particular data

researcher attempts to understand and describe how on or more participants experience a phenomonen

Method in which the researcher provides a detailed description and account of one or more individuals, organizations or events

Knowledge from experience: observing facts, facts concurring with experience, and research conducted under controlled conditions, is called _____.

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Explanation

____ is designed to systematically produce reliable knowledge about the natural world.

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Explanation

A reasoning process that goes from the specific to the general of which Aristotle adhered that was dominant from the late 17th century to the mid 19th century.

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Explanation

Fill in the blanks related to the process of coming up with research

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Characteristics of scientific research

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reproduction of results in a new study

a quantitative technique for describing the relationship between variables across multiple studies

representing constructs by a specific set of ____

defining a concept by the ____ used to represent or measure it

meta-analysis

operationalism

operational definition

replication

Fill in the blanks describing the characteristics of the role of a scientist in psychological research.

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aspects of research

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an explanation of how and why something operates with the capacity to guide research and summarize previous results

the inductive or deductive part of the scientific process

the deductive or testing part of the scientific process

theory

logic/context of justification

logic/context of discovery

Feasibility of the study must consider

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Objectives of psychological research

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the portrayal of a situation or phenomenon

determination of cause/causes

ability to anticipate the occurrence of an event

prediction

explanation

description

creating new ad hoc hypotheses in order to explain away negative findings is a strategy of pseudo science

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Variables

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Varies by type or kind

Varies by degree or amount

Presumed to cause changes in another variable

presumed to be influenced by 1+ other variables

Competing variables in explaining outcomes

Quantitative Variable

Independent Variable

Categorical variable

Extraneous variable