Variables
Research Methods
Statistics
Psychological Perspectives
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100
What term defines testable prediction about the relationship between at least 2 variables?
What is hypothesis
100
What term defines type of research method that questions a sample of people about their behavior so researchers can make generalizations?
What is survey method
100
What term defines statistical index of the relationship between 2 variables (ranges from -1 to +1)
What is correlation coefficient
100
What term defines therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors?
What is behavioral perspective
100
What term defines pure science that aims to increase scientific knowledge base
What is basic research
200
If researching whether exercise improves sleep, what variable would age of the participant be?
What is confounding variable
200
Researching whether or not students give the teacher they full attention would work best with which research method?
What is naturalistic observation
200
As a train increases speed, the length of time it takes to get to the final destination decreases. What type of correlation does this show?
What is negative correlation
200
A therapist explains a person's honesty as being caused by genes that have been passed down from their parents. What perspective does the therapist use?
What is biopsychology perspective
200
What kind of research is used to find a cure for cancer or any other illness?
What is applied research
300
If researching whether exercise improves sleep, what variable would exercise be?
What is independent variable
300
To test different teaching methods on the improvement of educational performance, what type of experiment would work best?
What is field experiment
300
The more hours you spent in sunlight, the more severe your sunburn. What type of correlation does this show?
What is positive correlation
300
A therapist explains a person's aggressiveness as a survival trait because they'll be more capable of getting food in the wild than someone who is passive and will be able to pass this trait onto their children. What perspective does this therapist use?
What is evolutionary perspective
300
James takes a multiple choice test but his score to the even numbers doesn't agree with his score on the odd numbers. What does this multiple choice test lack?
What is reliability
400
If researching whether exercise improves sleep, what variable would sleep be?
What is dependent variable
400
To see how sodium and potassium react when they're combined in hot water, what type of experiment would work best?
What is laboratory experiment
400
The mode score on a math test was 66/100 but a few people scored 90/100. What type of distribution does this show?
What is positively skewed distribution
400
A therapist explains a person's preference of being alone by looking into their culture's norms and society's expectations. What perspective does this therapist use?
What is social-cultural perspective
400
Brenda takes a career aptitude test that says she's going to be a doctor, but she ends up being an engineer. What principal of test construction does this not show?
What is validity
500
If researching whether exercise improves sleep, defining exercise as the number of hours exercised a week would be an example of what concept?
What is operational definition
500
Research that focused on one person to get a full and detailed picture of their life with schizophrenia showed low activity in the frontal lobe. This research led to the discovery that the frontal lobe deals with social behavior. What research method was used?
What is case study
500
The mode score on a math test was 96/100 but a few people got 60/100. What type of distribution does this show?
What is negatively skewed distribution
500
A therapist explains Tom's depression and difficulty to talk to peers as caused by his parents telling him he's worthless, trying to hard to get people to like him, and from having low levels of serotonin. What perspective does this therapist use?
What is biopsychosocial perspective
500
Scientists are researching if the taste of different kinds of pie makes you happier. The participants are acting happier than they would if they were eating the pies at home. (They may want attention from the researchers.) The reason is that they are a part of the research and they would act differently if they were not being observe. What experimental effect does the participants attitude demonstrate?
What is Hawthorne effect
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