Vocabulary
something that can be changed or altered
Variable
Do students test better when listening to music? (group one listening to music group two not listening to music). Which group is the control group?
The group NOT listening to music.
An employee receives a check every Friday.
Fixed Interval
Suspending a soccer player for missing practice
Negative Punishment
The scientific study of behavior and mental processes
Psychology
an in-depth, detailed examination of a particular case within a real-world context.
Case Study
Do tomatoes grow fastest under fluorescent, incandescent, or natural light? What's the independent variable?
The type of light.
A patient goes to the dentist for a check up every 6 months
Fixed Interval
A class laughs every time Timmy tells an inappropriate joke
Positive Reinforcement
What type of conditioning is stopping at a red light?
a statement of expectation or prediction that will be tested by research.
Hypothesis
You are testing to see if a new drug works for asthma. You divide 100 volunteers into two groups of 50. One group of 50 gets the drug. The other 50 people get a sugar pill (a placebo). Which is the control?
The group getting the sugar pill.
A hotel maid can take a 15 minute break after cleaning 3 rooms
Fixed Ratio
Making a basketball team run a lap for every turnover
Positive Punishment
Ice cream sales and violent crime is an example of
a part of the sampling technique in which everyone has an equal probability of being chosen
Random Sampling
What is the effect of intermittent fasting on blood sugar levels? What is the dependent variable?
Blood sugar levels
A slot machine pay out is an example of this
Variable Ratio
Julie has to wash the dishes everyday after dinner for sneaking out late at night
Positive Punishment
The relationship between two variables
Correlation
substance or treatment which is designed to have no known therapeutic value.
Placebo
People who exercise regularly sleep better at night. What is the independent variable?
Exercise
The Fresno Police Department sets up a DUI checkpoint every so often.
Variable Interval
Grounding a teenager until their homework is finished
Negative Reinforcement
This type of conditioning is involuntary (Pavlov's Dogs)
Classical Conditioning