General research
This type of study which is designed to merely record and observe behavior with zero interference from researchers.
What is naturalistic observation?
The type of correlation that shows the amount of students who wear sweatshirts increase as the temperature decreases. (two different directions)
What is a negative correlation?
This person's iconic hit song "I Will Always Love You" was voted the No. 1 song on CMT's 100 Greatest Love Songs of Country Music (2004).
Who is Dolly Parton?
Alvin has trouble with memory due to his abnormally small hippocampus (part of the brain). This is most likely the _____________ perspective.
What is the biological perspective?
When a researcher describes the following procedures to their participant, in order for them to reach a decision on whether or not to participate.
What is informed consent?
What is Overconfidence?
The test scores for the first AP test were: 68, 79, 83, 100, and 89. The median of the data set is...
What is 83?
What is the official name of the national anthem of the United States of America?
This perspective would align with why people have the innate need to fit in.
What is the evolutionary perspective?
Assigning participants to treatment or non-treatment group with equal chances
What is random assignment?
When a research study is repeated and the results are similar each time, the study is said to be:
What is reliable?
This measure of central tendency is most influenced by skewed data or extreme scores in a distribution....
What is the mean?
Which U.S. president is featured on the $2 bill?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the humanistic perspective?
When everyone in the population has an equal chance of being in the study, it's called...
What is random sampling?
In this type of study, neither the researchers nor the participants know who receives the real treatment and who receives the placebo.
What is a double-blind study?
Which of the following correlation coefficients express the strongest relationship between two variables? -.91, -.71, -.32, +.80, +.10
-.91
This is the longest running animated TV show
What is The Simpsons?
First episode aired in 1987!!
The ______ perspective might infer that someone has nightmares due to a traumatic event that happened in early childhood.
What is the psychoanalytical/psychodynamic perspective?
This is when participants are told about the true purpose of the research at the end of the study.
What is debriefing?
This is a specification of how a researcher measures a research variable. It's important for study replication.
What is an operational definition?
When the p value is < or = .05, the study findings are said to be ______ _____, which means the results probably did not just occur by chance.
What is statistically significant?
How many bones are in the human body?
206!
Using the __________ perspective, the Smiths trained their dog not to leave their yard by using an invisible fence that delivers low level shocks if the dog passes it.
What is the Behavioral perspective?
What is the difference b/t informed consent and informed assent?
consent - for yourself
assent - on behalf of someone else