Key Words

Question 1

Introspection

Answer 1

The reflection and analysis of thoughts, sensations and feelings

Question 2

Subjective

Answer 2

Information based on an individual’s thoughts, feelings and experiences

Question 3

Objective

Answer 3

Being uninfluenced by opinions, past experiences and personality- free of bias

Question 4

Laboratory

Answer 4

Any setting where the environment is heavily controlled

Question 5

Experiment

Answer 5

A technique were something is changed and something is measured

Question 6

Test-reliability

Answer 6

If a study is repeated several times and the same or similar results are consistently found

Question 7

Social desirability

Answer 7

Behaving or responding in a way that makes you look good but may not be entirely true

Question 8

Demand characteristics

Answer 8

Behaving differently because you know that you are being studied

Question 9

Individual differences

Answer 9

Personal characteristics which may mean that participants differ in their reactions to something

Question 10

Empirical method

Answer 10

Any method which produces a set of data