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what is the first goal of psychology?

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develop measurement techniques that make it posible to describe behavior clearly and precisely

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tenative statement about the relationship of two or more variables

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hypothesis

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any measure conditions, events, characteristics, or bahavior that are controlled or observed in a study

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variables

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what do scientist hope for why gathering info?

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that the info obtained will be of practical value in helping to solve everyday problems *application and control

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set of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations

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theory

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what do theories permit psychologist to do?

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make a leap from the descriptive of behavior to the understanding of behavior

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what is the first step in scientific investigation?

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translate a theory or an intuitive idea into a testable hypothesis

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what do researchers call a belief in ones own objectivity and opponents subjectivity ____.

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naive realism

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describes the actions or operations that will be used to measure or control a variable

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operation definition

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what is the second step in scientific investigation?

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figure out how to put the hypothesis to an empiricalbe test

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what must a researcher ponder before selecting a strategy that appears to be the most appropriate

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pros and cons

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___ a the person/animals whose behavior is sytematically observed

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participants

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__ are procedures for making empirical observations and measures

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data collection techniques

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14
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what is an advantage of the survey method?

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data can be collected quickly and easily

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researchers use ___ to analyze their data and to decide whether their hypothesis has been supported

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statistics

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a ___ is a periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material, usually in a narrow defined area of inquiry

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journal

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____ consist of various approaches to the observation, measurement, manipulation, and control of variables in studies

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research method

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___ is a method that an investigator manipulates a variable under carefully controlled conditions and observes whether any changes occur

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experiment

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what is an independent variable?

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part of experiment that varies in order to see the outcome on another variable ( variable that investigator manipulates free to move

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what is the dependent variable?

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variable affected by manipulations of the independent variable, depends on other variable

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what is an experiment group?

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

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what is a control group?

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similar subjects who DONT receive any special treatment