Holding a position or role of conducting research using sound empirical methods in order to answer pertinent questions.
What is the role of a Producer.
100
A group in an experiment whose levels on the independent variable differ from those of the treatment group in some intended and meaningful way.
What is a comparison group.
100
The process of defining a variable in the manner that is measured.
What is an operational definition.
100
A potential alternative explanation to a research finding, that was not controlled for in the study.
What is a confound.
100
The land of 10,000 lakes.
What is Minnesota.
200
The trait or characteristic of a good theory being able to be tested and proven wrong. In other words being able to challenge a theory.
What is falsifiable.
200
The tendency for vivid, recent, or memorable ideas to be judged as more likely or correct, and thus can guide our thinking.
What is the pop-up principle or the availability heuristic.
200
A claim that describes a rate or level of an individual variable
What is a frequency claim.
200
The measured variable in a experiment.
What is the dependent variable.
200
The branch of psychology concerned with studying the processes of the mind. Such as attention, storage, processing, and retrieval to name a few concepts.
What is cognitive psychology.
300
Reading, critiquing, analyzing data, asking the right questions, and being skeptical.
What is the role of the consumer
300
The written section of an empirical study (psychological) where the study is explained in enough detail for one to replicate the study.
1. What is a negative association.
2. What is a zero association.
3. What is a positive association.
300
The method of obtaining knowledge via our senses. Also known as a theory of knowledge.
What is empiricism, the empirical method, or empirical research.
300
The singer who plays Into the Mystic, Tupelo Honey, and And it Stoned Me.
Who is Van Morrison.
400
Research conducted in order find a solution to a problem in a real world context
What is applied research.
400
An actor or a person aware of the experimental manipulation who plays a role in the study, unbeknownst to the participant.
What is a confederate.
400
Something that could vary but only has one level in the study in question.
What is a constant.
400
Drawing a conclusion based on the proportion of empirical evidence (usually obtained from scientific journals) consistent with a theory.
What is weight of the evidence.
400
The sport that can date it's origin's back to either Norway or Sweden. I like to say Norway though.
What is skiing.
500
The scientific cycle where others, usually professionals in your field, edit and review your manuscript. Ultimately accepting outright, rejecting outright, or stipulating changes for publication
What is the Peer-Review Cycle.
500
The idea that research seeks to explain only a portion of the cases or possible causes of an event.
What is probabilistic.
500
The idea that a variable comes before another variable in terms of time. Hint: it is needed in order to infer causation.
What is temporal precedence.
500
A measure of how well a variable was measured or manipulated in a study.
What is construct validity.
500
The fictional character who was born on July 31 of most likely 1979.