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Psyc 100
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| applied research | designed to solve problems for the modern world. to improve the human condition. |
| basic research | by a scientists curiosity or interest in a scientific question. |
| behavioral perspective | observing by behavior |
| biological research | the study of biology |
| case study | a group thats under like a review |
| control group | a group thats in control |
| critical thinking | disciplined thinking |
| debriefing | a procedure conducted at the end of an experiment in which the researchers provide the participant with as much information about the study as possible. |
| dependent variable (DV) | in an experimental setting, any variable whose values are the results of changes in one or more variables. |
| descriptive research | research procedures that are used to summarize sets of scores. |
| double-blind study | a study where participant and experimenters assistants are unaware of which participants have recieved which treatment in order to eliminate bias. |
| experiment | to test or try, espically in order to discover or prove something. |
| experimental group | researchers test or try, espically in order to discover or prove something. |
| experimenter bias | experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to participants in the experiment. |
| hypothesis | educated guess of what u think is gunna happen. |
| independent variable (IV) | in experimental settings, the stimulus condition whose values are free to vary independently of any other variable in the situation. |
| informed consent | is a phrase often used in law to indicate that the consent a person meets certain minimum standards. |
| nature-nurture controversy | the debute concerning the relative importance of heredity and learning or experience in dererming development and behavior. |
| neroscience/biopsychology perspective | the scientific study of the brain and of the links between brain activity and behavior. |
| participant bias | researcher choosing of participants |
| placebo | a change in behavior in the absence of an experiment manipulation. |
| psychology | the science of the mind or of mental states and processes. |
| sample bias | some members of the intended population are less likely to be included. |
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