PSY-260 Introduction to Psychological Research and Ethics
1. When interrogating experiments, which validity should be focused on?
2. Describe the limitations of a one-group, pretest/posttest design.
3. Define observer bias. How does it impact a study?
4. What are some consequences associated with not having enough between-group difference?
5. What is an acceptable alternative to a double-blind study?
6. Provide 2 main reasons to conduct a factorial study.
7. Describe the relationship between main effects and independent variables.
8. Why is it important to study interactions?
9. Familiarize yourself with reading and interpreting factorial designs (Chapter 12).
10. Become familiar with reading simple graphs (Chapter 12).
11. Compare and contrast main and overall effects.
12. What strategies are important to determine if a study is replicable?
13. What considerations should be made when generalizing the results of a sample to a population?
14. Define cultural psychology.
15. List advantages of conducting studies in real world settings.
16. Which validity does replicability help to interrogate?
17. Who is responsible to determine generalizable populations of a study?
18. What is the researcher's focus in a theory-testing mode versus a generalization mode?