psych flash cards unit 1.3

Informed consent

knowing enough about a study to decide whether you want to agree to participate

Right to withdraw

 a participant should know they can remove themselves,and their data, from a study at anytime, if a participant wants to withdraw they can leave and erase their data along with it

Protection from harm

participants should not be put in more danger than they normally are in their daily routine

Deception

when a scientist lies to reduce demand characteristics, should be avoided

Privacy

participants should not be observed in places or situations they would not expect to be seen in

Confidentiality

 keeping the participants personal information and results secret, not to be seen by anyone outside the experiment

Self report

a questionnaire or interview, type of research method which obtains data by asking the participants themselves

Questionnaire

TYPE of self report, uses written questions through a paper and pencil or online techniques

Inter-rater reliability

when 2 researchers agree on the same thing, only when they agree

Closed questions

 questions that produce QUANTITATIVE data, questions with NO opportunity to expand on answers

Open ended questions

produces QUALITATIVE data, participants give detailed answers in their own words, no categories are given

Generalizability

 how widely findings apply to other settings and populations

Social desirability

when someone presents themselves in the best light by responding in a way that would be most acceptable to other people

Filler questions

questions that are meant to throw off participants so they don't find the true meaning of the study and or change their behaviour accordingly

Interview

research method using verbal communication and questioning to find and acquire data

Structured interview

 interview format with questions in a fixed order that may be scripted

Semi-structured interview

 interview format with a fixed list of open and closed ended questions, the interviewer can add more questions if necessary, can also change the order of the questions

Non- structured interview

interview format where the next question asked depends on the participants previous answer, no scripted questions

Subjectivity

 the personal perspective of someone, for example how they interpret data, should be without outside beliefs like religion

Objectivity

a way to interpret data without having any biased towards it like religion

Case study

research method where one person, family, or institution, is studied in detail

Triangulation

using multiple methods of research to in order to accurately observe an experiment,study, and or phenomenon (could be more)