PSYC 201W : Study Guide for Psyc 201
11 Jul 2011
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Chapter 1: know and understand the 3 key aspects to the scientific approach, know the goals of scientific research (description, prediction, determination of cause, and explanation of behavior, know the difference between basic and applied research. Chapter 2: how a hypothesis differs from a prediction, describe the different sources of ideas for research (common sense, observation, theories, functions of theories, know what information is included in the abstract, intro, method, results and discussion. Chapter 3: know the 3 ethical principles outlined in belmont report, milgrim study, informed consent form- what is contained, issues, debriefing, versus minimal risk and greater than minimal risk, fraud vs. plagiarism. Chapter 6: quantitative vs. qualitative research, naturalistic observation: Increased: archival research, what is it, case studies, what are they used for, know about systematic observation and coding. www. notesolution. com. Chapter 7: questionnaire vs. survey research, probability vs. non-probability sampling, random sampling vs. random assignment, understand how biases can effect samples (interviewer bias, response rate)
