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The third step of the research process. An example would be: putting two fish in the same tank to see if they fight
What is testing the hypothesis
One of the extra steps of research. An example might be: We have established that the fish fight, now we ask what is causing them to fight.
What are new questions
The process of repeating a study to make sure that it is correct
What is replication
Researchers cannot do this if they study how well chimps learn sign language in captivity
What is generalizing results
What is a sample
When people are asked certain questions about a particular topic
What is a survey
The first step of the research process, an example would be: Do fish fight when put in a tank together?
The whole group you wish to study or describe
What is a target population
The fourth step of the research process. An example would be: observing that the fish went into a fighting stance when put together and seeing what that means
What is analyzing the results
Used to explain things we cannot observe or measure in psychology
What are psychological constructs
An educated guess that can be tested by research
What is a hypothesis
No matter how good it sounds, it cannot be true until scientifically tested
What is a hypothesis
When individuals are selected by chance from the target population
The act of establishing the correctness of a theory or idea
What is validation
The second step of the research process. An example would be: If the fish are put together, then they will fight
What is forming a hypothesis
When subgroups of the population are represented proportionally to the whole population. For example, if 12% of the American people is African American then this would probably also be 12%
What is a stratified sample
The final step of the research process. In this step, if the observations do not match the hypothesis then they must go back and revise the hypothesis