In this kind of experiment, the researchers are able to have strict control of variables and have an easier time of replicating research.
What is a laboratory experiment?
100
In the Asch study, whether or not the confederates (or actors) gave the wrong answer was this kind of variable.
What is an independent variable?
100
Qualitative research generates this kind of data.
What is verbal data?
100
This is the most common form of placebo used in medical research.
What is a pill? (Or sugar pill)
100
While humans are called participants in a research study, animals are known as this because they cannot chose whether or not they are involved.
What is subjects?
200
In this kind of experiment, researchers have no control over the variables.
What is a natural experiment?
200
In the Asch study, the response of the participant was this kind of variable.
What is a dependent variable?
200
Qualitative research analyzes the verbal data for this.
What is meaning?
200
This is another name for a placebo.
What is the dummy treatment?
200
This refers to the extent to which the participants in the study may share a common set of traits that can bias the outcome of the study.
What is participant variability?
300
In this kind of experiment, the researchers observe behavior in a natural environment but manipulate variables.
What is a field experiment?
300
In a study examining the effect of carbohydrates on the ability to concentrate, the amount of carbohydrates a participant would eat would be this variable.
What is the independent variable?
300
Qualitative research does not manipulate these.
What are variables?
300
This is one of the influencing factors for whether or not a placebo will work. It refers to how genuine the treatment appears to the participant.
What are the characteristics of the placebo?
300
This kind of sample attempts to draw random samples from each subpopulation within the target population.
What is a stratified sample?
400
The Asch experiment in which participants sat around a table and answered questions about the length of lines is an example of this kind of experiment.
What is a laboratory experiment?
400
In a study examining the effects of sleep on the learning of new words, the amount of words a person is able to learn would be this variable.
What is a dependent variable?
400
This word describes the role of the researcher in qualitative research.
What is subjective?
400
This is another factor influencing whether a placebo works or not. It refers to whether or not a patient/participant can trust their doctor.
What is the doctor-patient relationship?
400
This kind of control is used to counteract demand characteristics.
What is a single blind control?
500
The elevator study we saw on video was an example of this kind of experiment.
What is a field experiment?
500
Researcher bias is an example of this kind of undesirable variable that can influence the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
What is a confounding variable?
500
This is the purpose of qualitative research.
What is to understand how people explain their experiences?
500
Placebos are used in this kind of experimental study to control for both demand characteristics and researcher bias.
What is a double blind control study?
500
The aim of this kind of research is to gain insight into psychological processes such as how people experience major life events (the death of a loved one, for example).