Intro to Psychology Test Section 1 Chapter 1
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| Description | observing and recording through case study and observation
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| Explanation | what study is about
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| Prediction | what you think will happen
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| Control | group that stays the same
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| Phases of Research | the scientific method
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| Case Study | study of one person in depth
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| Observational Research | observing people
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| Naturalistic Observation | observing subjects in their natural setting
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| Correlational Research | sudying of naturally occuring relations (correlation) as either positive, negative, or none
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| Survey Research | using a self-reported attitude of a particular group
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| Experimental Research | using experiments with independent and dependent variables
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| Independent Variable | factor that is manipulated
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| Dependent Variable | factor that can change in response to manipulation of the independent variable
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| Control Group | group that stays the same and results are based against
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| Expirimental Group | group exposed to treatment
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| Placebo | "sugar pill", fake treatment explained to really work
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| Blind Studies | type of clinical trial in which only the doctor knows whether a patient is taking the standard treatment or the new treatment being tested. This helps prevent bias in treatment studies
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| Double-blind Studies | clinical trials is in which neither the medical staff nor the patient knows which, of several possible therapies, the person is receiving
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| Random Sampling | no criteria used in selection of sample subjects
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| Random Assignment | assigning subjects to different groups
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| Measures of Central Tendancy | a single value which is representative of a set of numbers by indicating the most typical value. Three measures of central tendency are the mean, median and mode
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| Measures of Variance | using range and standard deviation
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| Statisical Significance | statement in how likely it is that obtained result occurred by chance
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| Informed Consent | form signed by subjects before experiments
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| Debriefing | telling someone the real reasons behind experimental research if deciet was used
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