unit 2 research methods
Here are the objectives for this unit, based on the College Board AP Psychology Course Description:
Psychology is an empirical discipline. Psychologists develop knowledge by doing research. Research provides guidance for psychologists who develop theories to explain behavior and who apply theories to solve problems in behavior.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
Psychology is an empirical discipline. Psychologists develop knowledge by doing research. Research provides guidance for psychologists who develop theories to explain behavior and who apply theories to solve problems in behavior.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
- Differentiate types of research (e.g., experiments, correlational studies, survey research, naturalistic observations, case studies) with regard to purpose, strengths, and weaknesses.
- Describe how research design drives the reasonable conclusions that can be drawn (e.g., experiments are used for determining cause and effect; the use of experimental controls reduces alternative explanations).
- Identify independent, dependent, confounding, and control variables in experimental designs.
- Distinguish between random assignment of participants to conditions in experiments and random selection of participants, primarily in correlational studies and surveys.
- Predict the validity of behavioral explanations based on the quality of research design (e.g., confounding variables limit confidence in research conclusions).
- Distinguish the purposes of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
- Apply basic descriptive statistical concepts, including interpreting and constructing graphs and calculating simple descriptive statistics (e.g., measures of central tendency, standard deviation).
- Discuss the value of reliance on operational definitions and measurement in behavioral research.
- Identify how ethical issues inform and constrain research practices.
- Describe how ethical and legal guidelines (e.g., those provided by the American Psychological Association, federal regulations, local institutional review boards) perfect research participants and promote sound ethical practice.
m_m_candy_breakdown_2017.xlsx | |
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Myers 2e Unit 2.pdf | |
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Why Research?.pptx | |
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Research Method Table.pdf | |
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Population/Sample/Assignment Practice.docx | |
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Population/Sample/Assignment Practice ANSWERS.docx | |
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Population/RandomSelection/RandomAssignment Practice.ppt | |
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Correlation and Descriptive Methods.pptx | |
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Statistics.pptx | |
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app_-_13_ethical_guidelines.doc | |
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