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AP Psych
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Watching behavior of humans or animals in their natural environment is an example of:
Experiment
Cross-Sectional
Case Study
Observation
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Definitions that show how a variable will be measured is...
Placebo Effect
Confounding Variable
Experimental Group
Operational Definition
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In experiments, the variable that is being measured is the...
Independant Variable
Dependant Variable
Operational Definition
Confounding Variable
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The most frequently occuring score in a distribution is:
Mode
Median
Range
Mean
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Which is NOT an ethical guideline for experiments:
Informed Consent
Must Debfrief
Healthy Food
Must not break laws
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A study that shows the RELATIONSHIP between two variables
Observation
Correlational
Survey
Case
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Lifting weights and the size of my biceps likely have a...
Negative Correlation
Positive Correlation
No Correlation
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The average of scores in a distribution:
Mean
Range
Median
Mode
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A questionaire used to retreive data:
Survey
Meta-Analysis
Case Study
Observation
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The entire group of people whom you'd like to know something about is the:
Experiment Group
Population
Sample
Control Group
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In experiments, the variable being manipulated by the researcher is the:
Independant Variable
Hawthorne Effect
Dependant Variable
Confounding Variable
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A method of study that combines multiple research studies together to find a conclusion
Case Study
Survey
Meta-Analysis
Observation
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The middle-score in a rank order of distribution is:
Median
Mode
Mean
Range
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A sample to research that fairly represents the population of a study:
Population
Sample
Control Group
Experiment Group
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The amount of time you watch TV and your grade in Psychology would likely have a....
Zero Correlation
Positive Correlation
Negative Correlation
Cheeseburger for dinner
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The group in an experiment that receives no treatment is the...
Experimental group
Placebo group
Control group
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A distribution where the mean, median, and mode are all the same is a:
Normal Distribution
Skewed Distribution
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The difference between the highest and lowest scores is:
Median
Mean
Range
Mode
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An in-depth study on one person or group of people is:
Survey
Observational
Case
Correlational
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Replicating the experiment and getting the same results proves...
The Placebo Effect
Reliability
The Independant Variable
Hawthorne Effect
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A substance that has no effect apart from the person's belief in it is...
Dependant Variable
Placebo
Control Group
Case Study
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A study that follows the same group of people over a long period of time is:
Meta-Analysis
Correlational
Cross-sectional
Longitudinal
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The group that receives the treatment in an experiment is...
Experimental Group
Control Group
Placebo Group
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Outside variables that may affect the results in a study are the...
Experimental groups
Operational definitions
Confounding variables
Control groups
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The only type of study that proves cause and effect:
Case Study
Survey
Experiment
Correlation