PSY 230- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
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Determinism: belief that events have natural causes. Empiricism: reliance on real evidence to con rm or refute claims. Replicability: ndings must be replicated before they are accepted. Falsi ability: theories must be falsi able/refutable through empirical research. Studies individuals of different ages at one time (cohort effect) Studies one age over a number of years. Research implemented within a more natural setting. Research implemented within a more controlled environment. Peer review: reviewed by other researches within the same eld. Reviewed blind: reviewers are not aware of the author. Introduction: background information on the research problem. Methods: details about how exactly the variables were measured and controlled. Results: statistical information about whether or not the data supported the hypothesis. Discussion: author describes how the results best t into literature. Moderating variable: in uence the relationship between dv and iv. Mediating variable: intervene between the dv and iv in their cause-effect relationship. T- test: compare means of two groups.
