Psychology Unit 2 Vocab

What are ethics?

A ____________ is the variable that is being measured or tested in an experiment.

Cross sectional study is looking at data from a population at one specific point in time.

What is positive correlation?

A placebo is a treatment that has active properties.

What is naturalistic observation?

A sample is the process of selecting a representative group from the population under study.

A process through which an originally true belief leads to its own confirmation.

What is a survey?

A control group is the group of participants who do not receive the experimental treatment.

A __________ is the use of descriptive research to obtain an in-depth analysis of a person, group or phenomenon.

What is an experiment?

A _____________ is a group of participants exposed to the independent variable.

A _________________ is the process of selecting a sample from a population composed of various subgroups

A ________________ is when neither the participants or experimenters know who is getting the treatment