ATI Edexcel Psychology Paper 2

Define confidentiality. - Not disclosing the identity of participants. Define privacy. - Keeping information private. Define laboratory experiment. - An experiment conducted in a controlled environment. Define field experiment. - A procedure conducted in a natural environment. Define natural experiment. - A study that examines a naturally occurring variable in a real life situation. Define structured interview. - An interview consisting of pre-set questions. Define unstructured interview. - An interview consisting of free flowing conversation. Define questionnaire. - A self-report method of gathering information. What is an open ended question? - A question with no fixed response. What is a closed question? - A question with a fixed response. Define correlation. - Analysis of relationships between two variables. Define observation. - Watching and recording behaviour. Define natural observation. - Behaviour observed in a natural environment. Define controlled observation. - Behaviour observed in a lab or controlled environment. Define overt observation. - Participants know that they are being observed. Define covert observation. - Participants are unaware that they are being observed. Define participant observation. - The observer is involved in the group. Define non-participant observation. - The observer watches without being involved in the group. Define normal distribution. - All averages are very similar. Define skewed distribution. - The median or mode differ from the mean. Define frequency scores. - The number of times a score is found in a data set. Define primary data. - Data collected directly for a specific research purpose. Define secondary data. - Data used in a study that has already been collected. Define meta-analysis. - Merging lots of data together to form conclusions. Define qualitative data. - Descriptive data.