PSYC 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Serval, Experiment, Longitudinal Study

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 201
• Professor: Polson David

Document Summary

Psyc 201 - unit 5 & 6: key vocabulary. Used with inter-subject counterbalancing block randomization: select an ordering of conditions in a within-subjects design by randomly sampling from a pool of all possible orderings. Ab: single-subject research design that includes: baseline - treatment. Aba: single-subject research design that includes: baseline - treatment - baseline. Abab: single-subject research deign that attempts to replicate treatment effect by returning to baseline & then reintroducing treatment alternating treatments: single-subject research design that compares treatments by frequently changing conditions. Also called multi-element baseline: phase in single-subject design during which data are collected with no treatment in effect changing criterion: single-subject research design in which successive phases are marked by progressive change in the level of the iv. Each phase functions as the baseline for the next phase clinical signi cance: practical importance of results cohort effect: shared life experiences of people of the same age, which causes then to behave similarly throughout their lives.