Cp2 Flashcards
The group that receives the placebo
Control Group
Determine if there is a relationship between variables
Correctional study
Gathers in depth information about an individual or small group
Case Study
Gather information about attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
Survey
ONLY way to find cause and effect
Experiment
The behavior, outcome and result the experimenter measures at the end
Dependent variable
The group that receives the treatment
Experimental Group
The drug, treatment and cause, the thing the experimenter manipulates or changes
Independent Variable
Something that resembles a medical treatment but has no medical effect
Placebo
Watching the subject in an everyday setting and describing his/her actions
Naturalistic Observation
Study of people or animals in their own environment
Naturalistic study
A technique in which participants in a survey /study its importance because you need a fair representation of a population
Random sampling
Persons enormous belief that he/she knew something all along after and event has occurred
Hindsight bias
Persons tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share his/her beliefs or behaviors
False consensus
Belief that requires people to accept information to refrain from questioning authority
Dogmatism
Degree to which a measurement measures what it is intended to measure
(Ex. Clock measures time)
Validity
Measurement yields similar results every time it is used with a particular subject under particular conditions
(Ex.a friend that is always honest)
Reliability
Asking the gardener, neighbors who live near Michael Jackson ex of
Case Study
Taking a retail survey ex of
Survey
Studying in a classroom is ex of
Naturalistic study
In the summer their is more ice creamed drowning but ice cream doesn’t cause drowning ex of
Correlational study
Cold effects bad grades on test ex of
Experiment
Temperature is a ex of
Independent variable
When partneris cheating and you knew it all along is ex of
Hindsight bias
Going yo church and thinking everyone thinks the way you do is ex of
False consensus
Clock Measures time is ex of
Validity
Eating a hamburger as a whole besides just the pieces is ex of
Gestalt psychology
