Unit 2 WJEC Psychology exam questions with answers.

Unit 2 WJEC Psychology exam questions
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What is an aim? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A general statement of
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what the researcher intends to investigate
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What is a confounding variable? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a factor
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other than the independent variable that might produce an
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effect in an experiment
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What does debriefing mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To inform
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the participants of the true nature of the study and the restore
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them to the same state as they were beforehand. Avoids ethical
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issues


what is a DV? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The variable you measure
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What is an ethical issue? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Concern
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questions of right of wrong. Does the benefits of the experiment
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outweigh the negatives |\ |\




What is an experiment? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A research
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method where a casual conclusions can be drawn because of a
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manipulated on an IV to observe the effect on the DV |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What is a hypothesis? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A hypothesis is a
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statement that can be tested |\ |\ |\ |\

,What is an IV? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔variable that is
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manipulated


What does the term operationalise mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Ensuring that the variables are in a form that can be easily
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tested


What is a standardised procedures? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔procedures that are the same for all ppts in order to be able
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to repeat the study.
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What is valid consent? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ppts must be
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given comprehensive information concerning the nature and
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purpose of the research and their role in it, in order that they can
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make an informed decision about whether to participate.
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What is external validity? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the degree to
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which the investigator can extend or generalize a study's results
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to other subjects and situations. (repeatability)
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What is an extraneous variable? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a
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variable other than the IV that could cause changes in the value
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of the DV. (doesn't act as the IV like confounding variables)
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What is internal validity? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The degree to
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which an observed effect was due to the experiment
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manipulation not confounding/extraneous variables |\ |\ |\

, What is mundane realism? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔refers to how
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a study mirrors the real world
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What does reliability mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔consistency
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(can the research be carried out multiply times and get the same
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results)
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What does validity mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔accuracy/legitimacy. does it represent reality |\ |\ |\ |\




What does split half method mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the
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questions are split in half and the same ppts answer one set
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some time before the second set. If the scores of each half are
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similar, it is said the the test is reliable
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What does inter-rated/observer reliability mean? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔People are notorious for their inconsistency. We are
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easily distracted, we get tired of doing repetitive tasks. Using 2
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observers makes the results more reliable, IF THEY'RE FINDINGS
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ARE SIMILAR. |\




What does test-retest mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔redoing
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the experiment, if the results are similar there is a high external
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validity.
However, risks observer bias. |\ |\ |\