PSY-108 Sec. 1 Ch. 1 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Description | observing and recording through case study and observation |
Explanation | what study is about |
Prediction | what you think will happen |
Control | group that stays the same |
Phases of Research | the scientific method |
Case Study | study of one person in depth |
Observational Research | observing people |
Naturalistic Observation | observing subjects in their natural setting |
Correlational Research | sudying of naturally occuring relations (correlation) as either positive, negative, or none |
Survey Research | using a self-reported attitude of a particular group |
Experimental Research | using experiments with independent and dependent variables |
Independent Variable | factor that is manipulated |
Dependent Variable | factor that can change in response to manipulation of the independent variable |
Control Group | group that stays the same and results are based against |
Expirimental Group | group exposed to treatment |
Placebo | "sugar pill", fake treatment explained to really work |
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 |
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 |
Random Sampling | no criteria used in selection of sample subjects |
Random Assignment | assigning subjects to different groups |
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 |
Measures of Variance | using range and standard deviation |
Statisical Significance | statement in how likely it is that obtained result occurred by chance |
Informed Consent | form signed by subjects before experiments |
Debriefing | telling someone the real reasons behind experimental research if deciet was used |
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