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Psychology General
Studies
Correlation/Causation
Key Terms
Experiments
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Psychology is the (blank) study of human behaviour and mental processes. (what word goes in the blank space?)
Psychology is the SCIENTIFIC study of human behaviour and mental processes.
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What is the name of the variable that is measured in a study?
The dependent variable.
100

Causation means that.....

The independent variable had a direct impact on the dependent variable (it is responsible for the reaction/behavior).

100

What is the definition of "psychology?"

The scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes.

100
The group in an experiment that receives a treatment that is expected to have an effect is called the ....(what)... group?
Treatment group
200
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and ...?
mental process / cognitive processes / cognition / internal processes (any of these terms is fine).
200
What is the name of the variable that is manipulated by the researcher/s in a study?
Independent variable
200

Correlation means that....

When there is not clear causation, but the variables seem to have a particular relationship. 

200
When one variable increases, so does the other. What's this called?
A positive correlation.
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What is it called when you give someone a treatment (e.g. pill or injection) that has no biological effects, but may have an effect if the person believes it will?
A placebo.
300
In psychology, is anecdotal or empirical evidence more valuable?
Empirical
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What is the name given to a variable that might affect the dependent variable, but is not what the researchers are interested in studying?
Extraneous variable.
300

Is Ice cream sale increasing and Violent Crime increasing during the summer correlational or causation? 

One reason is because studies form the important pieces of evidence that support the theories.

300
When one variable increases, the other decreases. What is this called?
Negative correlation.
300

What is the control group?

A group that does not receive the treatment in order to be the base comparison.

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In the scientific approach to studying psychology, after we gather data and form a hypothesis, what's the next step?
Test the hypothesis.
400
Why are laboratory experiments used to investigate causational relationships?
Because extraneous variables can be controlled in a laboratory, so the IV can be isolated as the only variable influencing the DV.
400
The temperature outside and the amount of hot chocolate sold is what kind of correlation?

Negative. As the temperature outside increases, less people will be drinking hot chocolate.

400

What is anecdotal evidence? 

Evidence that comes from personal experience and observation, and not from hard data.

400

What is the experimental group?

The group that receives the treatment

500
What is the difference between a mental process and a cognitive process?
There is none.
500

I am testing to see if the amount of time watching TV will effect someone's blood pressure. I will split my participants into 2 groups (one will listen to music, one will not). What is my independent variable?

IV : Whether the participant listened to music.

500

When the relationship between the variables is unclear, we call this..

Bidirectional ambiguity. 

500
What is it called when we're not sure of the direction of influence in a relationship between two variables?
Bidirectional ambiguity
500

Where did Mr Tarleton go to High School?

Parkland