year 11 VCE psychology

accommodation

changing existing schema to fit new info

assimilation

taking in new information and fitting into existing schema

between-subjects design

randomly selected

between-subjects benefits

quick, low attrition rate

between-subjects negatives

large no. of participants, hard to ensure individual differences balanced

mixed design

combines elements of within and between subjects designs

mixed design negatives

costly, time consuming, higher attrition chance

mixed design benefits

allows comparison of results across conditions + individuals

within-subjects design

when participants are exposed to both experimental and control conditions

within-subjects benefits

less individual differences

within-subjects negatives

repeated tasks - participant grows bored or tired, meaning increased attrition, prior knowledge affects later test

convenience sampling

participants selected based on how easy they are to access/how close to researcher

random sampling

every member of population has equal chance of being selected

stratified sampling

population divided into groups/strata based on characteristics, then participants selected randomly or systematically from each group

erikson’s theory stages

• trust vs mistrust (0-12/18 months)

• autonomy vs shame/doubt (12/18 months - 3 yrs)

• initiative vs guilt (3-5)

• industry vs inferiority (5-12)

• identity vs confusion (12-18)

• intimacy vs isolation (19-29)

• generativity vs stagnation (30-64)

• integrity vs despair (65+)

ethical guidelines

Very Intelligent Ducks Can Do Well

• Voluntary Participation

• Informed consent procedures

• Debriefing

• Confidentiality

• Deception

• Withdraw rights

research hypothesis

IPID-C

• Independent and dependent variable

• Population

• “it was hypothesised that…”

• Direction of effect (IV increased or decreases DV)

• Control group

sensitive period

when the brain is more responsive to certain environmental experience or learning

critical period

when something is most vulnerable to deprivation or absence of certain stimuli or experiences

extraneous variable

variable that is not the IV that MIGHT have an effect on the result

confounding variable

variable that is not the IV that HAS had an effect on the result