PSY 2500 Exam 1 Study Guide PDF
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This study guide covers various topics in psychology, including concepts such as validity, reliability, sampling techniques, and ethical considerations in research. It details different methods of acquiring knowledge. This study guide is helpful for exam preparation.
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**PSY 2500 Exam 1 Study Guide** **Information it would behoove students to know** - The difference between validity and reliability - What cluster sampling is - The different types of reliability - The Milgram study and how it relates to ethics - Rules for using deception in psycholo...
**PSY 2500 Exam 1 Study Guide** **Information it would behoove students to know** - The difference between validity and reliability - What cluster sampling is - The different types of reliability - The Milgram study and how it relates to ethics - Rules for using deception in psychological research - The difference between a primary and secondary source - What is involved in debriefing - What differentiates probability sampling from nonprobability sampling - Problems that can arise from using secondary sources - What is meant by a psychological construct - The methods of acquiring knowledge other than the scientific method (e.g. method of empiricism, method of authority, rational method) - Problems with the use of these other methods of acquiring knowledge - What constitutes a good scientific hypothesis - The difference between active and passive deception - Criticisms of sampling methods - Sampling techniques that lead to biased samples - The sequence of steps in the scientific method - Conditions associated with informed consent - The Willowbrook Hepatitis Project - The three principles of the scientific method - The types of questions the scientific method can answer - What operational definitions are - Ceiling effects vs. floor effects - The difference between science and pseudoscience - What fraud entails - The difference between systematic and nonsystematic sources for research ideas - Scales of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio) - Ways to minimize experimenter bias - The parts of a scientific article in psychology - The features of a representative sample - What demand characteristics are - What constitutes plagiarism - The Nuremburg Code and why it was put in place - The principles of the Belmont Report - The different types of validity - What clinical equipoise is
