John is treating an indivual with a rare disorder. He is carefully documenting everything and plans to publish his findings. This type of research is called a
What is case study
100
John is doing research on depression. He has his participants fill out the Beck's Depression Index to ascertain the level of depression per participant. The idea that he can measure depression is an example of an important compenent of research known as
What is operational definition
100
The number derived from correlational research that represents both the strength and direction of the relationship is called the
What is correlational coefficient
100
Jane was asked to be in an experiment and the researcher made a grave error in setting up the experiment. He told her that she would be receiving the experimental drug. This can invalidate his results because of what we call the
What is experimenter effects
100
The holy grail of research, the only kind of research that attempts to prove cause and effect is
What is experimental
200
Judy is studying drinking behavior of students in college and plans to spend time observing them in bars and at parties. This type of research is called
What is naturalistic observation
200
In research when we attempt to get responses from a large number of people from all walks of life, ethnicities, age, etc. When your participants represent the basic make-up of the general population we call that a
What is representative sample
200
The correlation between cigarette smoking and cardiovascular health would likely be
What is negative correlation
200
When splitting your participants into two groups you always do so by some random fashion to assure
What is both groups are roughly the same in terms of composition
200
Jack wanted to run an experiment to see the impact of exercise on stress levels for students in an intense medical school program. Here the independent variable would be
What is amont of exercise.
300
One of the most inexpensive and quickest ways to gather a lot of information from a large group of people is the _______method
What is survey
300
If a theory can be tested we call that
What is falsifiability
300
The value of correlational research is that it attempts to measure variables that seem to be related in some way. One must be careful though not to infer
What is cause and effect
300
In a study on sleep deprivation Bill interrupted the sleep of one group and allowed the other group to sleep through the night. The following day they were all tested on a work matching task they had learned the previous day. In this example the participants that had their sleep interrupted were in the _______group.
What is experimental group
300
Jack decides has to find a way to describe and measure stress for his experiment. He is challenged to find a/an _____.
What is operational definition
400
Edith completed a study on human sexuality by giving surveys to college students in a small midwestern college. Although interesting we should be cautious about drawing conclusions based on her sample of participants because you can't _________ from a limited group.
What is generalize
400
The general principles that explain a specific set of phenomenon and their relationships is a
What is theory
400
What would likely be the correlation between the temperature outside and the number of ice cream cones sold at the local dairy freeze.
What is positive correlation
400
In the sleep devprivation experiment the testing of the participants on the word matching task the following day was the _____________.
What is dependent variable
400
If both the participants and those in charge of inplementing the experiment do not know who is in the experimental or control group we call this a ___________.
What is double blind experiment.
500
A limitation of observational research is
What is that the researchers presence can result in a change in the behavior of those being observed.
500
A statement that attempts to predict an outcome based on a theoretical concept is a
What is hypothesis
500
John had a correlational coefficient of .75 in his study on amount of time spent studying and grades. He was excited because his study showed a __________.
What is strong, positive correlation
500
In the sleep deprivation study, the experimenters know which participants were getting the independent variable but the participants didn't know. This is called a___________.
What is single-blind experiment
500
An inactive substance like a sugar pill used in experiments studying the effectiveness of new drugs is called a