semester 1 exam

• Psychology


  The scientific study of the human brain and its functions
• Psychiatry


  A branch of medicine that looks at the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders
• Criminology


  The study of crime, and how to prevent it
• Forensic Psychologist


  A person that looks at patterns from a crime to try and develop a profile that gives clues as to the type of person who committed the crime
• Offender Signature


  A characteristic pattern of behaviours that an offender does at the crime scene, often not to complete the crime, but to satisfy themselves
• Ethics


  The consideration of what is morally right and wrong
• Ethical Conduct


  Following the principles of ethics when conducting an experiment
• Variable


  Something in the experiment that can change, or be changed
• Independent variable


  The element of the experiment that is changed, to observe its effects on the dependent variable
• Dependent variable


  The element that is observed, so understanding can be gained on how the independent variable affects it
• Extraneous variable


  A variable that is not being investigated, but may still have impacts on the study
• Population


  The entire group that you want to draw conclusions about
• Sample


  The group that data will be collected from
• Psychologist attends graduate school and is trained primarily in research, statistics and talk therapy, for those pursuing a clinical route
• A psychiatrist attends medical school and is primarily trained in biology, medicine and prescribed medication
• Informed consent


  Ensure participants consent for research involvement is voluntary and they have enough information about what is proposed and what could happen before consenting
• Voluntary participation


  Participants must consent voluntarily, and not be coerced in any way
• Withdrawal rights


  Participants can opt out of a study at any time, withdrawing their data as well
• Confidentiality


  Private information for the participants must only be disclosed for the purpose that it was given
• Deception


  Only to be used when there is no alternative, and thorough debriefing is required after
• Debriefing


  Clarify any questions about the study and why it was done, provide opportunity for wellbeing checks
• Beneficence


  Maximising benefits, and minimising harm involved in the study
• Integrity


  Doing the experiment to gain understanding, and reporting the findings publicly
• Non-maleficence


  Trying to avoid harm, and not making disproportionate harm
• Respect


  Respecting the value of things while conducting the experiment, and factoring this into the experimental design
• Reliability


  How reliable the results are when the experiment is completed. Repeatability kind of
• Validity


  How accurately the experiment measures what it intents to