PSYC-212 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Dependent And Independent Variables, Informed Consent, Social Desirability Bias
20 Nov 2018
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Why search the literature: peer review, crypt-amnesia - forget the source of where information came from - misconception that it could be our original idea but is not. Ethical conduct as a participant: honest and truthful responses, qualifications for the study, responses/feedback, scientific important of providing quality data. The ethical presentation of findings: misrepresenting data through words/figures, overstating the data, file drawer problem - if you cant support your hypothesis, you"re paper would not be published, plagiarism: self plagiarism, paraphrasing. Types of measures (dependent variables: attitudinal measures - self report, behavioural measures - trace, observation, choice, cognitive measures (e. g. measuring memory recall, physiological measures (e. g. measuring heart rate) - correlation. Types of measurements: percent correct, frequency of response, degree of response. Evaluating behavioural measures: advantages, any demand characteristics, no social desirability, disadvantages, participant reactivity, unobtrusive measures, gets rid of participant reactivity/mostly social desirability, not aware that they"re being observed, not ethically correct, bad at forecasting our future.
