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Learning Psychology Psy420 Spring 2012-Chapter 2
UNLV Dr. Laforge
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/24/2012

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Ways to Measure Learning can be: e____ ; top___ of beh_____; inten_____ of behavior ; sp__d ; laten__ of beh___ ; R__ or fr___ of beh___ via a cu___ rec____ ; and/or flu__cy (errors & rate)
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errors; topography of behavior; intensity of ehavior; speed; latency of behavior; rate or frequency of behavior; and/or fluency
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The four main research designes are ane___ evi___ ; ca___ stud____; des____ stud___; and the ex_____
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anecdotal evidence; case studies; descriptive studies; experiment
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The two subsets of the experimental design are w____ subjects and be____ subjects
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within subjects and between subjects
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Are anecdotal evidence considered reliable?
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no not really
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Case studies strengths are that: you can l___ a great deal ; you can study rare oc_____
Definition
learn; occurrences
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Case study limitations are that they: take a lot of t____; are f__ participants; can’t answer all q_____s; data is often from s____ hand sources
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time; few; questions; second
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Descriptive studies de____ a gr____ ; use int___s and que_____res; are able to suggest h______ but cannot test them
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describes a group; uses interviews and questionnaires; able to suggest hypotheses
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In the experiment design the __ is manipulated by the experimenter and the __ is measured by the experimenter
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IV-manipulated; DV-measured
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When controlling for extraneous differences among participants in an experimental design; we use ra____ ass____ and Mat___sam______ for between-subject design…and in within-subject design each ______ is his/her own c_______
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random assignment; matched sample; participant; control
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In within-subject design; there is a b____ period and the approach of _B_ reversal design
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Baseline period; ABA reversal
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