12 Questions
What is the initial step toward understanding any phenomenon in psychology?
Description
Which objective of psychological research refers to knowing in advance when certain behaviors would be expected to occur?
Prediction
What is the process undertaken to test a hypothesis about behavioral events occurring reliably in specific situations?
Experimentation
Which tool of the scientific method involves assigning numerical values to objects or events according to rules?
Measurement
In psychology, what does 'control' refer to?
Applying learned knowledge to effect change in behavior
Which objective of psychological research includes knowledge of the conditions that reliably reproduce behaviors?
Explanation
What are the three minimum requirements that must be met in a scientific explanation according to the text?
Procedures for manipulating the setting, observable outcome, and measurable outcome
What does 'identifying antecedent conditions' mean in a scientific context?
Specifying the circumstances that come before an event
How are treatment conditions defined in a psychology experiment?
As specific sets of antecedent conditions
What does a psychology experiment aim to establish?
The effects of different treatment conditions
How do we infer a cause-and-effect relationship in a psychology experiment?
By comparing different antecedent conditions
What is the difference between necessary and sufficient conditions in scientific research?
Necessary conditions are needed alone, sufficient conditions guarantee outcomes
Test your knowledge on the four major objectives of research in psychology: description, prediction, explanation, and control. Understand the importance of each objective in advancing our understanding of human behavior.
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