| File Name |
Description |
| Data | Data is the term used to describe the scores collected and analysed. ... |
| Datum | This is the term used for a single score. The plural of datum is data. ... |
| Debrief | In relation to ethics this refers to the explanation of the study to the participant when ... |
| Decentre | Jean Piaget argued that to decentre is to be able to take into account more than one ... |
| Deception | This refers to the misleading of participants when carrying out research. Deception ... |
| Defence mechanisms | Originally proposed by Freud, these are strategies that are used to protect the ego from ... |
| Demand characteristics | Any aspect of a study which has an influence on participants to do or answer what ... |
| Denial | According to Freud this is a defence mechanism whereby the individual does not ... |
| Dependent Variable | This is the variable which the researcher measures. ... |
| Depersonalisation | A dissociative disorder where an individual loses their sense of identity. ... |
| Depth Cue | A depth cue is something which gives us an indication of how far away an ... |
| Descriptive Statistics | These types of statistics are methods for numerically summarising raw data. ... |
| Determinism | This is the argument that we do not have much control over our actions but are ... |
| Deviation | In relation to statistics, a deviation is the difference between an individual score and ... |
| Diary Method | This research method involves asking participants to keep a diary of specific items of ... |
| Diffusion of responsibility | Diffusion of responsibility is the idea that people are less likely to ... |
| Diglossia | This is the ability to speak in more than one type of dialect. In particular it is ... |
| Directional Hypothesis | This type of hypothesis is one which predicts the direction of the difference or in terms ... |
| Disclosure | This refers to revealing personal information about oneself. ... |
| Discourse Analysis | This is a type of research method. It consists of analysing the conversations ... |
| Discrimination | The behaviour that results from prejudice. ... |
| Discriminatory Stimulus | In operant conditioning this is a stimulus (such as a light in a Skinner box) which ... |
| Displacement (Language) | Reference to things not present in time or space: Savage-Rumbaugh et. al. (1986) study. ... |
| Dissonance | According to Festinger dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two ... |
| Dizygotic (fraternal) Twins | These are twins that develop from different zygotes and are no more likely to be similar ... |
| Doctor Centred Style | In health psychology this refers to the behavioural style of some health practitioners ... |
| Double Blind Design | This is a type of control that can be used in experiments. This technique consists ... |
| DSM-IV | This is the fourth edition (1994) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ... |
