The individual who is usually credited with starting the scientific study of behavior and mental processes was
Who is Wilhelm Wundt.
100
Statistics that are used to draw conclusions about the reliability and generalizability of one’s findings are called
What is inferential statistics
100
This type of sampling gives a good estimation of the population at reasonable cost.
What is economic sampling?
100
True or False:
If a significant correlation is found between X and Y, that means that: x causes y
What is false?
100
In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated is called the _____________ variable.
What is the independent variable?
200
Research that is conducted to enhance our understanding of behavior without regard for the immediate application of this knowledge is
What is basic research?
200
If we calculate the deviation scores (yi - ӯ) for all of the observations in a set of data and add them, what will the sum be?
What is zero?
200
A sample from which a researcher can draw accurate inferences about the population is a __________
What is a representative sample?
200
A researcher obtained a correlation of -.45 between Variable A and Variable B. As Variable A increases, variable B _________.
What is decreases.
200
If there is no interaction between variables, the lines on a graph appear as __________ lines.
What is parallel?
300
10. Empiricism refers to the practice of relying on _________ to draw conclusions.
What is observation?
300
In statistical notation, n is the symbol for the
What is sample size?
300
Most experiments in psychology use a ____________ sample.
What is a convenience sample?
300
A researcher predicts that variable X has a positive relationship with variable Y. This is a __________hypothesis
What is directional.
300
13. In an experiment, the measured variable is called the _________ variable.
What is the dependent variable?
400
A set of propositions that attempts to specify the interrelationships among constructs is a
What is a theory?
400
A procedure that is used to analyze and integrate the results across a set of individual studies is called
What is meta-analysis?
400
When a researcher generalizes results to a population that differs from the one from which the sample was drawn, this is called ____________.
What is misgeneralization?
400
the correlation between two variables with the influence of other variables removed
What is partial correlation?
400
An accomplice of the researcher who poses as another participant is a _______________?
What is a confederate?
500
A specific proposition that logically follows from a theory is a (an)
What is a hypothesis?
500
If scores on a test are consistent over time, the test has ______________
What is test/ retest reliability?
500
When researchers want to ensure that a certain kinds of participants in a convenience sample are obtained in particular proportions, they use _________ sampling.
What is Quota sampling?
500
When one’s data are on a(an) ___________scale of measurement, a rank-order correlation should be used.
What is ordinal?
500
An experiment with three independent variables, each of which has two levels would be indicated as a _______ factorial design.