Vocab
Vocab Pt. 2
Scientific Methods
Methods Pt. 2 + Odds and Ends
Miscellaneous
100
This is a type of "medicine" used to check the effects of actual medicine.
What is a Placebo?
100
Group that truly reflects a selected characteristic of a larger population.
What is a Representative Sample?
100
Involves asking questions about feelings, opinions, or behavior patterns.
What is the Survey method?
100
Research method that involves studying people face to face and asking questions.
What is the interview method?
100
The group on which the critical part of the experiment is performed.
What is the Experimental group?
200
The people or animals on whom a study is conducted.
What are subjects?
200
Factors that change in an experiment.
What is a variable?
200
Research that collects length, detailed info about a person's background.
What is the Case Study method?
200
The group that does not participate in the critical part of the experiment.
What is the control group?
200
An IQ test is an example of this type of test.
What is a Psychological test?
300
Study where no one is sure whether they are the experimenter or the person being experimented on.
What is a double-blind study?
300
Factor is a study that changes as a result of change in the independent variable.
What is the Dependent variable?
300
Method that studies a group over an extended period of time.
What is the longitudinal method?
300
Objective methods for observation and measurement of subjects in various areas.
What are Psychological tests?
300
10, 20, and 30 year old people being surveyed for their television watching habits is an example of this.
What is a Cross-Sectional study?
400
The conclusion that an experimenter hopes to reach.
What is a hypothesis?
400
A group that represents a larger group.
What is a sample?
400
Method of research that looks at different age groups at the same time in order to understand changes that occur during the life span.
What is the Cross-Sectional Method?
400
This has the most negative impact on Psychological studies.
What is Bias?
400
In a sleep study where half the group receives medicine and half does not, the medicine is this.
What is the independent variable?
500
Fixed, general beliefs held about a given group.
What is a stereotype?
500
Research that takes place outside the laboratory.
What is a Field Study?
500
Involves subjects without their being aware they're being watched.
What is the Naturalistic Observation method?
500
Openness and Honesty are essential is part of experimental _______________.
What is Ethics?
500
This group receives a placebo thinking its a sleeping pill.
What is the control group?
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