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CHAPTER 1b Vocab Flashcards

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1
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The need to associate with others and maintain social bonds

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Affiliation motive

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Personal stories about specific incidents and experiences

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Anecdotal evidence

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An in-depth investigation of an individual subject

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Case study

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The percentage of variation in one variable that can be predicted based on the other variable

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Coefficient of determination

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A condition that exists whenever two variables are linked together in a way that makes it difficult to sort out their independent effects

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Confounding of variables

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Piaget’s term for the awareness that physical quantities remain constant in spite of changes in their shape or appearances

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Conservation

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Subjects in a study who do not receive the special treatment given to the experimental group

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Control group

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The extent to which two variables are related to each other

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Correlation

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A numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables

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Correlation coefficient

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Procedures for making empirical observations and measurements

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Data collection techniques

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In an experiment, the variable that is thought to be affected by the manipulation of the independent variable

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Dependent variable

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Statistics that are used to organize and summarize data

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Descriptive statistics

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A research strategy in which neither subjects nor experimenters know which subjects are in the experimental or control groups

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Double blind procedures

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The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation

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Empiricism

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A research method in which the investigator manipulates a variable under carefully controlled conditions and observes whether any changes occur in a second variable as a result

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Experiment

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The subjects in a study who receive some special treatment in regard to the independent variable

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Experimental group

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A phenomenon that occurs when a researcher’s expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results obtained

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Experimenter bias

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Any variable other than the independent variable that seem likely to influence the dependent variable in a specific study

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Extraneous variables

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A tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables

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Hypothesis

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In an experiment, a condition or event that that an experimenter varies in order to see its impact on another variable

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Independent Variable

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Statistics that are used to interpret data and draw conclusions

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Inferential statistics

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A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material, usually in a narrowly defined area of inquiry

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Journal

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The arithmetic average of the scores in a distribution

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Mean

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The score that falls exactly in the center of a distribution of scores

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Median

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A family of mental exercises in which a conscious attempt is made to focus attention in a nonanalytical way

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Meditation

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The score that occurs most frequently in a distribution

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Mode

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A descriptive research method in which the researcher engages in careful, usually prolonged, observation of behavior without intervening directly with the subjects

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Naturalistic observation

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A definition that describes the actions or operations that will be made to measure or control variable

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Operational definition

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The persons or animals whose behavior is systematically observed in a study

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Participants

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The fact that subjects’ expectations can lead them to experience some change even though they receive an empty, fake, or ineffectual treatment

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Placebo effects

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The larger collection of animals or people from which a sample is drawn and that researchers want to generalize about

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Population

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The science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it, and the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems

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Psychology

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The constitution of groups in a study such that all subjects have an equal chance of being assigned to any group or condition

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Random assignment

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The repetition of a study such that all subjects have an equal chance of being assigned to any group or condition

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Replication

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Differing approaches to the manipulation and control of variables in empirical studies

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Research methods

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A tendency to respond to questions in a particular way that is unrelated to the content of the questions

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Response set

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The collection of subjects selected for observation in an empirical study

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Sample

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A problem that occurs that occurs when a sample is not representative of the population from which it is drawn

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Sampling bias

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A tendency to give socially approved answers to questions about oneself

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Social desirability bias

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An index of the amount of variability in a set of data

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Standard deviation

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The condition that exists when the probability that the observed findings are due to chance is very low

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Statistical significance

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The use of mathematics to organize, summarize, and interpret numerical data

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Statistics

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The persons or animals whose behavior is systematically observed in a study

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Subjects

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A descriptive research method in which researchers use questionnaires or interviews to gather information about specific aspects of subjects’ behavior

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Survey

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A system of interrelated ideas that is used to explain a set of observations

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Theory

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The extent to which the scores in a data set tend to very from each other ad from the mean

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Variability

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Any measurable conditions, events, characteristics, or behaviors that are controlled or observed in a study

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Variables

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