scientific method
A general set of principles or ideas designed to explain certain phenomenon or behavior
Theory
This is the quickest, least expensive way to gather a lot of information from a lot of people.
Survey
Obtaining permission from participants before collecting data is referred to as _______ ______.
informed consent
The thing that is being manipulated in an experiment is called the _____ ______.
independent variable
One study's findings alone are not sufficient to provide confidence in those results. ______ is necessary and builds confidence as similar results occur.
replication
Working from a theoretical point of view we develop a ________ which then we attempt to explore using some form of research.
hypothesis
This type of research collects a great amount of detail on rare disorders or rare experiences but can not ge generalized to the general public.
case study
The IRB reviews research that involves humans. This acronym stands for ________ _______ _______.
institutional Review Board
The group that gets the independent variable is called the ______ group.
experimental
A _______ _______ is a description of how variables will be measured in an experiment of correlational study.
operational definition
One of the criticisms of Sigmund Freud's theory is that it is not possible to do empirical research on it. In other words for research to be possible the theory and hypothesis must be _________.
falsifiable
Jack was researching the behaviors patterns of early childhood play by visiting playgrounds. This type of research is called _______ ________.
naturalistic observation
When deception is used in a research study it is essential that the participants are ______ after the research is completed.
debriefed
The correlational coefficient tells us both the _____ and _____ of the correlation.
strength and direction
In an experiment where both the researchers and the participants are both unaware of who is in the control group versus the experimental group is called a ______ ______ study.
double blind
Using the scientific method to systematically observe and record findings is called the __________ method.
empirical
The ability for a research tool to yield a consistent result is referred to as ________.
reliability
Subjects that can't be explored on humans for ethical reasons, if sufficiently justified can be conducted on ______.
animals
An important thing to remember about correlational reason is that correlation is not _______.
causation
A _____ _____ is conducted to see if there is a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group in an experiment.
statistical analysis
Reasoning that works from the general to the specific is called ________ reasoning.
deductive
A group of children participated in a research study where they were interviewed every 7 years for decades. This type of research is called ________.
longitudinal
Random Assignment is used in experiments to avoid experimenter ________.
bias
In an experiment the results of the impact of the independent variable on the experimental group is compared to the control group by a measure called the _______ _______.
dependent variable
In an experiment one must use ______ _____ to put participants into the experimental and control groups.
random assignment