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A research manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process is called
What is an experiment
This perspective focuses on how your thoughts influence behavior.
What is cognitive perspective
This perspective focuses on the role of learning observable behavior.
What is behavioral perspective
Which perspective consists of the influence of genetics and brain chemistry on thinking and behavior?
What is biological perspective
This perspective emphasizes that behavior is determined by your past experiences that are in the unconscious mind and childhood experiences.
What is psychodynamic perspective
The statistical procedure for analyzing multiple studies to reach an overall conclusion is a ______________.
What is meta-analysis
All of those in a group being studied from which samples may be drawn are called a _______________.
What is population
An inactive substance or treatment, such as a sugar pill that is given in a control group during experiments is called a _____________.
What is a placebo
After receiving her graded exam, Maya sees she scored an A. She tells her friends, “I knew I was going to ace this test,” even though she was very nervous beforehand and wasn’t confident at all.
What type of bias is this?
What is hindsight bias
The number of hours of sleep participants get the night before is the _________. Their level of alertness the next morning is the _________.
What is independent variable (IV); dependent variable (DV).
Non-experimental method to watch and record behavior without trying to manipulate and control the situation is a _______________
What is a naturalistic observation
Give an example of a positive correlation.
What is more you study, better you do on a test; the more you exercise, the more calories you burn; drink more water, more bathroom use.
This perspective emphasizes a person's free will, inherent goodness, viewing people as a whole, and willing to reach self-actualization.
What is humanistic perspective
Explain what is protection from harm?
What is the right of research participants to be free from physical or psychological damage/harm
Give an example of a negative correlation.
What is the more time you spend on the phone at night, the less number of hours you sleep; the faster you drive, the less time it takes to your destination; more money you spent, less money you have in your bank.
Dr. Smith, a psychologist, is studying a 12-year-old boy named Ethan who has an exceptional memory. Ethan can recall entire books after reading them just once. Dr. Smith spends several months observing Ethan at home and school, interviewing his teachers and parents, and testing his memory with different tasks.
What type of research method is this?
What is a case study
A frequency distribution table
What is a histogram
A study finds that kids who own more books at home tend to get higher grades in school.
At first, it seems like owning books causes better grades.
But a possible _________ variable is parents’ education level — parents who are more educated might both buy more books and help their kids succeed in school. Hint: this is an extra factor that sneaks in and might explain the results instead of the thing you’re actually studying.
What is confounding variable
Percentage of scores falling at or below a specific score is?
What is a percentile rank
A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score is called the __________________.
What is the standard deviation
This is used to measure the extent to which two variables are related.
What is correlational?
Ms. Patel wants to see if there is a relationship between starting school at a later time and students' attention span in the classroom. What type of research method is this?
What is correlational study
The mean, median, mode = __________________
What is the measure of central tendency
A measure of the strength of the relationship between two variables or the extent of an experimental effect is called ______________
What is effect size
A researcher asks high school students to fill out a survey about how often they recycle, exercise, and help their family at home. Many students report recycling every day, exercising five times a week, and always helping with chores — even though in reality their behavior is less frequent.
What type of bias is this?
What is social desirability bias