Groups and variables
Biases
General
Research Methods
Filling the gaps
100

Definition:

consists of similar subjects who do not receive the special treatment given to the experimental group

What is control group?
100

Definition:

Occurs when participants’ expectations lead them to experience some change even though they receive empty, fake, or ineffectual treatment

What is placebo effect
100

Definition:

are the persons or animals whose behavior is systematically observed in a study

What are participants or subjects?
100

What is scientific, reducing bias and error in measurement.

Name the goals and characteristics of a research method.

100
A researcher is conducting an experiment on the effect of alcohol consumption on reaction time; half of the subjects drink alcoholic drinks, and half drink nonalcoholic versions of the same drinks. The subjects receiving the nonalcoholic drinks are the ____ group and are used in the study to minimize the influence of ____.​

What is control; the placebo effect​

200

Definition:

consists of the subjects who receive some special treatment in regard to the independent variable

What is experimental group?
200

Definition:

is a research strategy in which  subjects do not know whether they  are in the experimental or control groups

What is single-blind study? 
200

Definition:

are any measurable conditions, events, characteristics, or behaviors that are controlled or observed in a study

What is variables?

200

Correlational method is used for describing relations between two or more variables. Relations could be expressed as positive/negative strong/ weak. Hence coefficient of correlation could be +1, 0, -1 and all values between 0 and 1. 

Describe correlational method briefly. When do we use it?

200
I have designed a study where I look at the relationship between the number of children in a family and the family overall life satisfaction. I am doing a ____ research. My statistics will generate a number that indicates___ and ___ of the relationship. If I find a relationship of +.80, what does this tell me about the relationship?
What is correlational. The direction and the strength.
300

Definition:

is the variable that is thought to be affected by manipulation of the independent variable

What is dependent variable?
300

Definition:

which occurs when someone’s overall evaluation of a person, object, or institution spills over to influence more specific ratings

What is halo effect?
300

experiment, correlational method, naturalistic observation, case study, survey.

Name at least 3 different research methods psychology employs to study psychological phenomena.

300

1. formulate a testable hypothesis, 2. select the method and design the study, 3. collect the data, 4. analyze the data and draw conclusions, 5. report the findings

Name the steps of scientific method. and describe them briefly.

300
I want to study the effect of watching violent movies on aggression of children. I am designing a/an __. I have to first ___define my variables. My ____ variable is TV watching, while my ___variable in aggression. The group that watches the violent TV is called___, while the other group that watches fairytales is___
What is experiment. operationally. independent and dependent. experimental group, control group.
400

Definition:

is a condition or event that an experimenter varies in 
order to see its impact on another variable

What is independent variable?
400

Definition:

occurs when a researcher’s expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results obtained

What is experimenters bias?
400

Definition:

is a research method in which the investigator manipulates a variable under carefully controlled conditions and observes whether any changes occur in a second variable as a result

What is experiment?
400

+1 is more than 0. 

+ means positive relation (variables go the same way)

- means negative relation (variables go the opposite way)

-.20; +.40, -.60, +.80

How do we measure the strength of the relationship? What does the sign (plus, minus) tell us? 

Rank the strength of these correlation coefficients: -.60; + -40, +.80, -.20- 

400
I am trying to ask questions that might not be very appropriate, but I want to know the responses. I will design a ___. In order to do ___, I need to ensure that my sample is ___of the population. I have to be careful of designing my items, as the participants might try to lie in a positive way, showing the ___bias.
What is survey, survey, representative, courtesy
500

Definition:


are any variables other than the independent variable that seem likely to influence the dependent variable in a specific study

What is extraneous variables?
500

Definition:

is a research strategy in which neither subjects nor experimenters know which subjects are in the experimental or control groups

What is double-blind procedure
500

Independent and dependent variable, random assignment, experimental and control groups.

Name the characteristics of experiment.

500

which is a tendency to give socially approved answers to questions about oneself 

courtesy bias or social desirability bias

500
I am looking at children and how they play at a playground, I am doing_____ Then, I will select one child who has problems with vision, and conduct a___. One of the drawbacks of ___is that it___
What is naturalistic observation, case study, time demanding, and cannot be applied (generalized) to the whole population.
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