Perspectives
This perspective focuses on observable behavior and reinforcement.
Behavioral
Participants must agree to take part in a study after being informed of risks.
Informed consent
The factor the researcher changes in an experiment.
Variable
A testable prediction about what will happen in a study.
Hypothesis
The variable that YOU change.
Independent
This perspective studies how thinking, memory, and problem-solving influence behavior.
Cognitive
Participants’ identities and personal data must be protected.
Confidentiality
A group that does not receive the treatment in an experiment.
Control group
Research that collects numerical data.
Quantitative
The variable that changes as a result of the other variable.
Dependent
This perspective, associated with Sigmund Freud, emphasizes the unconscious mind.
This board reviews research studies to ensure they are ethical.
IRB (Institutional Review Board)
The group that DOES receive the treatment in an experiment.
Experimental group
Research that collects NON-numerical data.
Qualitative
Whether the test is accurate and measures the right thing.
Validity
Based on the ideas of Charles Darwin, this perspective explains behavior as adaptation for survival.
Evolutionary
Participants must be told the true purpose of the study after it ends.
Debriefing
A fake treatment given to control for expectations ("sugar pill").
Placebo
A detailed study of one individual or small group.
Case study
Whether the test can be repeated again and again with consistent results.
Reliability
his perspective combines biological, psychological, and social factors into one explanation of behavior.
Biopsychosocial
Participants can leave a study at any time without penalty.
Right to withdraw
When two variables are related, but one does not necessarily cause the other.
Correlation
An outside factor that could affect the results of an experiment.
Confounding variable
The three measurements of central tendency (numbers that represent the average, middle number, and most frequently occurring)
Mean, median, mode