Chapter 2: Physiological Research

Question 1

Type of study that focuses on unusual cases?

Answer 1

Clinical/Case study

Question 2

How many people does a clinical case study focus on?

Answer 2

one person or a few

Question 3

Studying a serial killer is an example of what?

Answer 3

Clinical/ Case study

Question 4

What is naturalistic observation?

Answer 4

observing behavior in its natural setting

Question 5

Jane Goodall studying apes in the wild is an example of what?

Answer 5

Naturalistic observation

Question 6

____ ____ is skewing your observations to fit your research goals

Answer 6

Observer Bias

Question 7

What are some examples of survey methods?

Answer 7

Design of questions, sampling bias, sex bias

Question 8

Correlation indicates a _____ between variables

Answer 8

relationship

Question 9

Correlation DOES NOT indicate what?

Answer 9

Cause and effect

Question 10

In a positive correlation, both variables are _____.

Answer 10

rising

Question 11

In a negative correlation, one variable is ____ and the other is _____.

Answer 11

rising, falling

Question 12

What is the range of correlation?

Answer 12

0 to 1

Question 13

No correlation= no _____

Answer 13

relationship

Question 14

The entire group about which the experiment wants to draw conclusions about is called ______.

Answer 14

Population

Question 15

A sample is the _____ of populations chosen to study.

Answer 15

subset

Question 16

In a ____ ____ every member has an EQUAL chance of being selected for the study.

Answer 16

random sample

Question 17

A ____ ___ mirrors the population as closely as possible. Ex. minorities, sex, ages

Answer 17

representative sample

Question 18

Which variable is manipulated?

Answer 18

Independent Variable

Question 19

What variable is affected by the changed/ manipulated variable?

Answer 19

Dependent Variable

Question 20

What is Placebo?

Answer 20

A substance with no physiological effect
- A fake drug

Question 21

The ____ ____ occurs when our expectations influence our experience in a situation. Ex. Parents think their children received the drug when they received the fake drug.

Answer 21

Placebo Effect

Question 22

The ____ group receives the independent variable

Answer 22

experimental

Question 23

The ____ group stays the same to compare results

Answer 23

control

Question 24

In a _____-____ study the SUBJECTS are unaware of which group they are in

Answer 24

single-blind

Question 25

In a _____-_____ study the SUBJECTS AND RESEARCHER are unaware of which group the subjects are in

Answer 25

double-blind

Question 26

The ability to consistently produce a given result is called

Answer 26

Reliability

Question 27

What is validity?

Answer 27

The extent to which a instrument accurately measures what it is supposed to measure.