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Experiments
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100
A study where variables are manipulated and can show you cause/effect
What is Experiments
100
A scientific theory has to be __________.
What is testable
100
a tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables which is expressed in predictions
What is Hypothesis
100
When a subject thinks something will happen in a study so they actually make that happen (sugar pill)
What is Placebo effect
100
What are the 3 goals of Scientific Research (MUA)
What is Measurment and Description Understanding and Prediction Application and Control (MUA)
200
Studies that only show you one's relationship by showing you the direction and the strength of the two items. Allows for prediction but not cause/effect
What is Correlational Study
200
An explanation on the findings in an experiment are called a _____________.
What is theory
200
in research, the group that receives the "special treatment"
What is experimental group
200
When the researcher is searching for specific results so they sometimes skew their own data (sometimes on purpose, sometimes not)
What is Experimenter Bias
200
What does PTSD stand for?
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
300
This is a study in which the researcher conducts in in-depth investigation of an individual or small group
What is case study
300
Which variable is measured and which variable is the "special" treatment
What is measured = DV special group = IV
300
In research, the group that does not receive the special group that is used to compare data
What is the control group
300
To control for experimenter bias, one can create this type of study where neither the subject nor the participant know which group they are in.
What is Double Blind Experiment
300
The weakest correlational study would be closest to which number?
What is 0
400
Naturalistic Observation, case studies and surveys all have this in common.....
What is they do no manipulate or change any behavior, only record it.
400
A researcher puts the subjects into the experimental group and then the control group. What type of design is this
What is Within
400
The part of a research journal that gives suggestions for further research is the ____________ section. Know all 6 sections for test.
What is Discussion section
400
What biological response does PTSD trigger in humans?
What is Fight vs. Flight Response
500
The type of research that involves careful observation of behavior without intervening and usually in the subjects own environment (jane goodall)
What is Naturalistic Observation
500
Which Correlational Study shows the most perfect or strongest relationship: .04 -.76 .82 -.92
What is -.92
500
A researcher puts 1/2 the participants in the group to receive the testing pill, the other 1/2 receive a sugar pill. this is what type of design?
What is Between groups design
500
Name 2 out of the 4 research ethics for humans
What is 1) Voluntary involvment 2) No harmful or dangerous treatment 3) deception is okay if necessary and approved by irb first 4) subject privacy at all times
500
Put these 5 steps in a scientific investigation in order: select the research method and design, analyze the data, report findings, formulate a testable hypothesis, collect the data
What is 1) formulate a testabe hypothesis 2) select the research method and design 3) collect the data 4) analyze the data 5) report findings