Starts with a C
An in-depth study of a person or a group
What is a case study
The total group to be studied or described
The study of behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulation or control on the part of the observer
naturalistic observation
An inert substance used in controlled experiments to test the effectiveness of another substance
What is a placebo
The relationship between variables
What is correlation
Factors that are measured or controlled in a scientific study
What are variables
The study of behavior in a controlled situation
laboratory observation
A survey population, selected by chance
Black, White, Biracial
What are types of races
The group that does not receive the treatment in an experiment
What is the control group
The participants who receive treatment
What is the experimental group.
A study in which the participants are unaware of whether they are in the control group or the experimental group
single-blind study
A predisposition to a certain point of view despite the facts
What is bias
Name 2 of the contemporary approaches
biological, behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, evolutionary, sociocultural
Ideas that cannot be seen or measured
What is constructs
The factor that is manipulated by the researcher to determine its effect on another variable
What is a independent variable
The study of human behavior
What is psychology
What is replicate
1 goal of psychology
What is describe, predict, or explain behavior
A method of research that looks at different age groups at the same time
What is cross-sectional method
The factor that is being measured and that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable
What is a dependent variable
An experiment in which neither the participant nor the researcher knows whether the participant has received the treatment or the placebo
double-blind study
A research technique for acquiring data about the attitudes or behaviors of a group of people
What is a survey
Name one key figure of early psychology
What is Skinner, James, Wundt, Freud, Watson