John Locke believed we are born a "blank slate" rather than being born with innate intelligence. This is an example of the ________ argument rather than nature.
What is nurture
100
As you go south from San Francisco to San Diego your latitude decreases, but he average daily temperature goes up. This is an example of a _______ ________
What is negative correlation
100
A statement that defines the exact methods used in research. For example, exactly what does "junk food" mean?
What is operational definition
100
If a person experiences a physical or psychological change when their treatment for a disease contained NO active ingredient this is called the
What is placebo effect
100
A measure of central tendency that is the value or score that occurs MOST frequently in a set of data
What is mode
200
Mean, range, correlation, and mode are all utilized in which type of statistics?
What is descriptive
200
If there is a small chance that results of an experiment were caused by random variables, this means that the results of the research were ________ ________
What is statistically significant
200
If a researcher wanted to examine relationships between variables in order to test a prediction, the researcher would use a _________ _________
What is correlational study
200
Observation of a human or animal behavior in the environment in which it typically occurs
What is naturalistic observation
200
A measure of central tendency that is the halfway point in a set of data
What is median
300
If a psychologist wanted to study behavior genetics he/she would most likely conduct studies on ________
What is twins
300
In an experiment where deception is necessary, it is allowable only if emotional stress to the subject will be short-term and the subject is _________ immediately after the experiment.
What is debriefed
300
The group that receives treatment in an experiment
What is Experimental Group
300
The process of selecting participants who are members of the population that a researcher wants to study
What is sampling
300
A measure of central tendency that his the arithmetic average of the scores in a set of data
What is mean
400
If a researcher wants to draw conclusions from the data collected in an experiment, the researcher should use __________ statistics.
What is inferential
400
Used in scientific research as a prediction stated as a testable proposition
What is hypothesis
400
When children's reading skill is measured after taking a special reading class, the dependent variable is the
What is reading skill
400
If a group of research participants is selected from a population where all members have an equal chance of being chosen the researcher is using ________ sampling.
What is random
400
A measure of variability that is the average difference between each score and the mean of the data set used
What is Standard Deviation
500
Measure used in order to reveal the typical score in a set of data (hint: mean, median, mode )
What is central tendancy
500
Numbers that represent research findings and provide basis to make conclusions about research
What is data
500
When an experimenter test's people's ability to avoid "accidents" in a driving simulator while talking on a cell phone, the driving simulator test is the
What is independent variable
500
If a researcher chooses participants for a study from a population where the members did not have an equal chance of being chosen the researcher will end up with a ______ sample
What is biased
500
A ________ _________ describes the relationship between two variables and can show how strongly the variables are related and whether the relationship is positive or negative.