Psychology Chapter 2 Flashcards

Concepts that enable one to discuss something that cannot be seen, touched, or measured directly.

A prediction or assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research.

To repeat a research study, usually with different participants and in different situations, to confirm the results of the original study.

<p>A research technique for acquiring data about attitudes or behaviors of a group of people, usually by asking questions of a representative, random sample.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The total group to be studied or described and from whom samples may be drawn.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A representative segment of a target population.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A survey population, selected by chance, which fairly represents the general population.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sample drawn in such a way that known subgroups within a population are represented.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A predisposition to a certain viewpoint.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The concept that people who volunteer to participate in research studies often differ from those who do not volunteer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An in-depth study of a single person or group to reveal some universal principle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of research in which the same people are studied over a long time period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A method of research that looks at different age groups at the same time in order to understand changes that occur during the life span.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulation or control on the part of the observer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of behavior in a controlled situation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The relationship between two variables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other variable also increases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other variable decreases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A controlled scientific procedure to determine whether certain variables manipulated by the researcher have an effect on other variables.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factors that are measured or controlled in a scientific study.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The factor that is manipulated by the researcher to determine its effect on another variable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In an experiment, the factor that is being measured and that may change in response to manipulations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In a study, the participants who receive the treatment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An experiment that uses both a control group and an experimental group to determine whether the independent variable influences behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An inert substance used in controlled experiments to test the effectiveness of another substance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A study in which the participants are unaware of whether they are in the control group or the experimental group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An experiment in which neither the participant nor the researcher knows whether the participant has received the treatment or the placebo.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A measure of the distance of every score to the mean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rules or standards for proper and responsible behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An agreement by an individual to participate in research after receiving information about the purpose of the study and the nature of the treatment.</p> Signup and view all the answers