PSYC 304 FINAL RESEARCH METHODS
EXAMINATION TEST 2026
◉ logic. Answer: - based on reason
◉ intuition. Answer: - a way of knowing spontaneous instinctive
processes rather than on logic or reasoning
- spontaneous perception or judgment not based on reasoned
mental steps
◉ Variable. Answer: - A factor that can change in an experiment with
different conditions
◉ dependent variable. Answer: The measurable effect, outcome, or
response in which the research is interested.
◉ Frequency. Answer: The number of times a behaviour is
performed
◉ rate. Answer: The number of times that a behaviour is performed
relative to time
◉ duration. Answer: length of time something lasts
,◉ Latency. Answer: - The amount of time b/w the instruction and
when the behaviour is actually performed
◉ Topography. Answer: - The shape or style of the behaviour
◉ Force. Answer: The intensity or strength of a behaviour
◉ locus. Answer: - Where the behaviour occurs in the environment
◉ variable of interest. Answer: a variable for which its role in the
cause and effect of an observed relationship is not clear
◉ subject variable. Answer: - Independent variables that the
researcher does not manipulate
- Ex: age, sex, iQ
◉ Confounded Variables. Answer: Two variables are _______ if the
investigator cannot separately identify their effects on the response
variable.
◉ quantitative variable. Answer: - ones that varies in amount
, ◉ Categorical Variable (Qualitative). Answer: ones that varies in
kind
◉ continuous variable. Answer: a quantitative variable that has an
infinite number of possible values that are not countable
◉ discrete variable. Answer: Consists of separate, indivisible
categories. No values can exist between two neighboring categories.
◉ real limits. Answer: the interval defined by the number plus or
minus half the distance to the next number
◉ Measurement. Answer: - Process of assigning numbers to events
or objects according to rules
◉ Nominal scales. Answer: - Classifies objects or events into
categories
- Simplest kind of scale b/c its rule for assigning numbers or other
labels to objects or events
◉ ordinal scale. Answer: - a scale of measurement in which the
measurement categories form a rank order along a continuum
- One that ranks or events in order of their magnitude
EXAMINATION TEST 2026
◉ logic. Answer: - based on reason
◉ intuition. Answer: - a way of knowing spontaneous instinctive
processes rather than on logic or reasoning
- spontaneous perception or judgment not based on reasoned
mental steps
◉ Variable. Answer: - A factor that can change in an experiment with
different conditions
◉ dependent variable. Answer: The measurable effect, outcome, or
response in which the research is interested.
◉ Frequency. Answer: The number of times a behaviour is
performed
◉ rate. Answer: The number of times that a behaviour is performed
relative to time
◉ duration. Answer: length of time something lasts
,◉ Latency. Answer: - The amount of time b/w the instruction and
when the behaviour is actually performed
◉ Topography. Answer: - The shape or style of the behaviour
◉ Force. Answer: The intensity or strength of a behaviour
◉ locus. Answer: - Where the behaviour occurs in the environment
◉ variable of interest. Answer: a variable for which its role in the
cause and effect of an observed relationship is not clear
◉ subject variable. Answer: - Independent variables that the
researcher does not manipulate
- Ex: age, sex, iQ
◉ Confounded Variables. Answer: Two variables are _______ if the
investigator cannot separately identify their effects on the response
variable.
◉ quantitative variable. Answer: - ones that varies in amount
, ◉ Categorical Variable (Qualitative). Answer: ones that varies in
kind
◉ continuous variable. Answer: a quantitative variable that has an
infinite number of possible values that are not countable
◉ discrete variable. Answer: Consists of separate, indivisible
categories. No values can exist between two neighboring categories.
◉ real limits. Answer: the interval defined by the number plus or
minus half the distance to the next number
◉ Measurement. Answer: - Process of assigning numbers to events
or objects according to rules
◉ Nominal scales. Answer: - Classifies objects or events into
categories
- Simplest kind of scale b/c its rule for assigning numbers or other
labels to objects or events
◉ ordinal scale. Answer: - a scale of measurement in which the
measurement categories form a rank order along a continuum
- One that ranks or events in order of their magnitude
