Psychology: Research Methods

Question 1

The group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable

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Experimental group

Question 2

Any variables other than the IVs that seem likely to influence the DV in an experiment

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Extraneous variables

Question 3

The variable that results from the manipulation in an experiment

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Dependent variable

Question 4

The tendency to answer questions about oneself in a socially approved manner

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Social desirability bias

Question 5

A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize

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Population

Question 6

A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material within a discipline

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Journal

Question 7

Tendency to respond in a particular way that is unrelated to the content of the questions asked

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Response set

Question 8

Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurring b/chance= low

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Statistical significance

Question 9

A system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations

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Theory

Question 10

Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)

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Placebo effects

Question 11

Research strategy i/w neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in

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Double-blind procedure

Question 12

Exists when a sample is not representative of the population from which it was drawn

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Sampling bias

Question 13

A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables

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Hypothesis

Question 14

The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable

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Control group

Question 15

Support for a particular viewpoint through the use of personal (and frequently vivid) stories

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Anecdotal evidence

Question 16

The statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables

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Correlation coefficient

Question 17

The spread or dispersion of data, including the extent to which scores vary from the mean

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Variability

Question 18

A statistical procedure that combines the results of many studies

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Meta-analysis

Question 19

A measure of variability in data

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Standard deviation

Question 20

An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of an individual subject

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Case study

Question 21

Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study

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Experimenter bias

Question 22

Precisely defines ea. variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them

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Operational definition

Question 23

A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other

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Correlation

Question 24

Research method in which IVs are manipulated and which permits causal interpretation

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Experiment

Question 25

Occurs when an extraneous variable makes it difficult to sort out the effects of the IV

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Confounding of variables

Question 26

Distribution of subjects in experiment i/w each has equal chance of being assigned to any group

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Random assignment

Question 27

A condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact

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Independent variable

Question 28

The score that occurs most frequently

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Psychology: Research Methods

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Psychology: Research Methods

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