experimental methods
what is a variable
anything that can be changed
what is the general principle
to not harm people and animals
what is applied research
researching to find solutions to certain problems
what is a perspective
when psychologists use a variety of approaches to explain why people think and act the way they do.
what is a histogram
a visual representation of answers
placebo condition
expectation a false sense of reality
what is discontinuing participation
the person is allowed to leave the study without reason at any time
quantitative data
data based on numbers
what is evolutionary
when they take basic principles of evolution including natural selection
the arrangement of scores off of each group
what is the quasi experiment?
fake information stacked against the person
deception
mislead experiment while maintaining the surprise
what is a case study
an observation skill in which one person or a group is in depth studied
humanistic
when you try to be the best person you can be
what is standard deviation
scores in a group that differ from the mean of that group
validity
accuracy, what we want in the final product or result
confidentiality
what is the hawthrone
when people are less likely to behave naturally when being watched
biopsychosocial
the results from behavior based off of biological psychological and social factors
which way does the negative skew go?
it skews left
random assignment
randomly stacked groups for a running experiment
what does the acronym IRB
the institutional review board
observer bias
behavior may change due to the attention people are getting from the researchers
what are the 7 parts of the hand
1. psychodynamic 2. cognitive 3. behavioral 4. humanistic 5. biological 6. evolutionary 7. social culture
inferential stats
interpreting/ generalizing data