The first step psychologists take in researching an issue
What is ask a specific question about a limited topic
100
This is considered an average of all results and is the most commonly used measure of central tendancy
What is the mean?
100
The small group of participants, out of a total number available, that researchers study
What is a sample?
100
The measure of the relationship between two variables or sets of data
What is a correlation?
100
A situation in which a researcher's expectations influence that person's own behavior, thus influencing the participant's behavior
What is a self-fulfilling prophesy?
200
It provides a wealth of descriptive material that may generate new hypothesis
What is the value of the case study?
200
Researchers use these to make generalizations about the population from which their participants come
What are inferential statistics?
200
Research method in which the psychologist observes the subject in a natural setting without interfering
What is naturalistic observation?
200
Any factor that can change
What is a variable?
200
An experiment in which the participants are unaware of who nreceived the treatment
What is a single-blind experiment?
300
A researcher who compares hours spent watching tv ans satisfaction with home life is using this
What is a correlation?
300
This method of organizing data is determined by how often a behavior occurs
What is frequency distribution?
300
Research method that involves an intensive investigation of one or more participants
What is a case study?
300
The group to which an independent variable is applied
What is experimental group?
300
A change in a participant's behavior that results from a belief that the treatment will have an actual effect, rather than the actual treatment
What is the placebo effect?
400
What a researcher uses in an experiment to ensure this
What is control?
400
The branch of mathematics concerned with summarizing and making meaningful inferences from collections of data
What is statistics?
400
Research method in which information is obtaind by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions
What is a survey?
400
The methods of coinduct or standards for proper, responsible behavior
What are ethics?
400
The horse who could count--or could he?
Who is Clever Hans?
500
This ethical principle governing psychological research is sometimes used by the experimentor to gain desired results
What is deception?
500
The listing and summarizing of data is a practical, efficient way
What is descriptive statistics?
500
Research method in which data is collected from groups of participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age
What is a cross-sectional study?
500
An educated guess
What is a hypothesis?
500
An experiment where the participants believed they were initiating fatal electric shocks to others, simply because they were told to do so