Just the facts ma'am
This is the scientific study of the mind and behavior
What is Psychology?
Brooke and Addie take place in a study, they are called this
What are participants?
A golden rule of research
What is correlation does not equal causation?
Participants take part in all conditions of the research
What are repeated measures?
The acronym that summarizes the ethical issues we must follow
What is CARDUD?
The extent to which the findings of a research study can be generalized to real-life settings. Realistic.
What is Ecological Validity?
Gabby and Lauran act differently because they know they are being watched by a researcher
What is the Hawthorne effect?
The type of relationship where both variables go up or down together
What is a positive correlation?
Participants are grouped by specific characteristics
What is matched pairs design?
Your identity will remain unknown and your information will be kept private
Anonymity and confidentiality
The scale used to rate questions is usually from “Strongly agree” to “Strongly disagree
What is a Likert Scale
When Filip and Mikayla conduct a study with a naturally occurring independent variable, they are doing this kind of research?
What is a quasi experiment
This is the tool we use to graph correlational data
What is a scatterplot?
The first step in designing an experiment
Participants from the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia are called this
What is WEIRD?
These are variables that the researcher failed to control that may cause a DV to change
What are Confounding variables
When Zori and Manuela ask a friend from the volleyball team to also take part in a study
What is snowball sampling?
Data that is significantly different from all other data and may cause data to be skewed
What is an outlier?
Neither the researcher nor the participant knows the condition
What is a double blind?
Numerical data that can be counted and has an absolute zero, like weight or time
What is ratio data?
This involves using multiple data sources or multiple researchers
What is Researcher triangulation?
When Ryan is often late picking up Luanny for school, he is not being this type of driver
What is reliable?
Correlational situation where the relationship between variables is unclear. (Chicken and egg)
What is bidirectional ambiguity?
The results may be different depending on which condition of the IV came first
What are order effects?
Deception is allowed to avoid the participant figuring out the aim of the research and therefore change their behavior
What are demand characteristics?