AP Psychology Chapter 2 Flashcards

Research with clear, practical real-world applications

Explores questions of interest to psychologists, not aimed at immediate applications

<p>Things that can vary among the participants in the research</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The experimental factor manipulated to study its effect</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A change resulting from the independent variable; the ultimate outcome</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Research measures what it is intended to measure; accurate</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Research can be replicated; consistent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A testable prediction about the relationship between two variables</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subjects involved in an experiment; people on whom research is conducted</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which participants are selected</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All cases in a group being studied from which samples may be drawn</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sampling technique where each member has an equal chance of inclusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sample drawn to ensure known subgroups are represented in proportion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Experiments conducted in a highly controlled environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Experiments conducted out in the world, lacking control but more realistic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A variable other than the independent variable that could influence results</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which participants are placed into groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assigning participants to groups by chance to minimize differences</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Differences among participants that may skew results</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A design to ensure experimental groups are equal on some criterion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Situations that skew experiment results when not equally applied</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When researchers unconsciously treat groups differently to confirm their hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tendency for participants to respond a certain way because they know they are observed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An experimental procedure where both participants and staff are unaware of treatment assignments</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Procedure where subjects do not know their group assignments</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cues that participants might use to understand the purpose of a study</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The group exposed to the treatment in an experiment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The group not exposed to treatment for comparison purposes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When participants change behavior because they know they are in an experiment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Results caused by expectations alone, often with an inert substance</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changes in results due to the order of experimental tasks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using participants as their own control group</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The presence of one thing predicts the presence of another</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Presence of one thing predicts the absence of another</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Research controlling all aspects because the independent variable has been predetermined</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A technique for ascertaining self-reported attitudes or behaviors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Observing behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An observation technique studying one person in depth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An explanation organizing observations and predicting behaviors or events</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A statement defining research variables through procedures used</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Repeating a study to see if basic findings extend to different participants</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A method where an investigator manipulates factors to observe effects</p> Signup and view all the answers