LN1: Scientific Method Flashcards
Organized way of using experience and testing ideas to expand and refine knowledge
Scientific method
Question from daily experiences, psychological theory, and even folkore
Research question
Statement about behavior or mental processes that is testable through research; tested through experiment
Hypothesis
Association or relationship among variables
Correlation
When participants are allowed to choose for themselves a certain treatment in a scientific study
Selection factor
Equal chance of being selected to participate
Random sample
Subgroups in population are presented proportionately in the sample
Stratified sample
Complete group of interest
Population
Prospect that people participate in research studies differ from those who do not participate
Volunteer bias
Biography that may be obtained through interviews, questionnaires, and psychological tests
Case study
Mental illness - deterioration of identity and mental functions; functions as a coping mechanism; dissociation aims to reintegrate individual with conscious self
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Large sample
Survey
Observe people in their natural habitat
Naturalistic observation
Confirms cause-and-effect relationships by introducing independent variables and observing effects on dependent variable
Experiment
Condition in scientific study that is manipulated so that its effects may be observed
Independent variable
