FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH 1010 TEST 1

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH 1010 TEST #1

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Question 1: confounding variable

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variable whose influence on the dependent variable cannot be separated from the independent variable being examined.

Question 2: meta-analysis

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a researche and statistical technique for combining all research results on one question and drawing a conclusion.

Question 3: single-blind studies

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studies in which participants do not know the experimental conditon (group) to which they have been assigned

Question 4: descriptive designs

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study designs in which the researcher defines a problem and variable of interest but makes no prediction and does not control or manipulate anything.

Question 5: pseudoscience

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claims presented as scientific that are not supported by evidence obtained with the scientific method

Question 6: self-fulfilling prophecy

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a statement that affects events to cause the prediction to become true.

Question 7: physiological measures

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measures of bodily responses, such as blood pressure or heart rate, used to determine changes in psychological state

Question 8: self-reports

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oral or written accounts of a person's thoughts, feelings, or actions

Question 9: experiment

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research design that includes independent and dependent variables and random assignment of participants to control and experimental groups or conditions.

Question 10: correlation coefficient

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statistic that ranges from -1.0 to +1.0 and assesses the strength and direction of association between two variables.

Question 11: social desirability bias

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the tendency toward favorable self-presentation that could lead to inaccurate self-reports

Question 12: research design

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plans of action for how to conduct a scientific study

Question 13: replication

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repetition of a study to confirm the results-essential to scientific process

Question 14: hypothesis

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testable prediction of the outcome

Question 15: standard deviation

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how much scores in a sample vary around the mean

Question 16: samples

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subsets of the population studied in a research project

Question 17: naturalistic observation

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a study in which the researcher unobtrusively observes and records behavior in the real world

Question 18: double-blind studies

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studies in which neither the participants nor the researchers administering the treatment know who has been assigned to the experimental or control group.

Question 19: theory

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set of related assumptions from which scientists can make testable predictions

Question 20: correlation and causation

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correlation is necessary but not sufficient for causation

Question 21: random assignment

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method used to assign participants to different research conditions so that all participants have the same chance of being in any specific group

Question 22: experimental group

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a group consisting of those participants who will receive the treatment or whatever is predicted to change behavior

Question 23: population

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the entire group a researcher is interested in

Question 24: behavioral measures

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measures based on systematic observation of people's asctions either in their normal environment or in a lab setting

Question 25: independent variable

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property that is manipulated by the experimenter under controlled conditions to determine whether it causes the predicted outcome of an experiment.

Question 26: mode

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most commonly occuring score or value

Question 27: correlational designs

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studies that measure two or more variables and their relationship to one another; not designed to show causation.