Vocab
Research
Experiments and Variables
Miscellaneous
Central Tendencies and data spread
100

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

Used in scientific research as a prediction stated as a testable proposition

Hypothesis

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 ________ ________

statistically significant

200

Numbers that represent research findings and provide basis to make conclusions about research

Data

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 researcher wanted to examine relationships between variables in order to test a prediction, the researcher would use a _________ _________

correlational study

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.

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

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 _______ correlation.

 negative

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

If a psychologist wanted to study behavior genetics he/she would most likely conduct studies on ________

What is twins

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.
What is correlation coefficient
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