STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM #2
Exam 2 will cover Chapters 4, 5, 7, & 13 and information discussed in lecture and videos. The exam will consist of approximately 20-30 multiple-choice questions and 2-3 short answer questions. This review guide is only intended to help you focus on specific material. Remember that this is a semi-comprehensive exam, which means that material from the previous exams may be on this exam and future exams as well. Some information that does not appear on this sheet may still appear on the exam!
In preparation for the exam you need to review the text and your lecture notes.
If you have questions over any of the material presented in the text or lecture, please be sure to see me before the exam. If you can’t make my office hours, let me know and I will arrange a time for us to meet.
The main topics that you should review for the exam are listed below:
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Evolution of ethical principles (e.g., Nazi
freezing experiments,
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· Deception (active and passive)
· Informed Consent and Debriefing
· Pros and cons of deception (good one for a short answer question)
· IRB
· Ethics in Scientific Reporting
· APA Ethical Standards
· Criteria for operational definitions (good one for a short answer question)
· Multiple Measures
· Experimental Research Terminology (e.g., IV, DV, Experimental Group, Control Group)
· Reliability
· External and Internal Validity
· Threats to Internal Validity
· Types of Validity
· APA format (sections of the paper, title page format, writing style)