PSYCH P2

Question 1

Define Singe blind study

Answer 1

either the observer or
the participants are unaware of which participants received which treatment.

Question 2

What is an experiment?

Answer 2

A study in which the investigator manipulates at least one variable while measuring at least one other variable.

Question 3

What is Correlation??

Answer 3

A correlation tells us how strongly two variables are related to each other.

Question 4

What is causation?

Answer 4

An investigator needs
to manipulate one of the variables directly through
a research design known as an experiment.

Question 5

Define dependent variables.

Answer 5

The item that an experimenter measures to determine how it was affected.

Question 6

Define independent variables.

Answer 6

The item other participant of being assigned to a given group.

Question 7

What is standard deviation? SD

Answer 7

A measurement of the amount of variation among scores in a normal distribution.

Question 8

P < 0.5

Answer 8

The result is summarized by a p (as in probability) value. For example, p < .05 indicates that the probability that randomly generated results.
would resemble the observed results is less than
5%. The smaller the p value, the more impressive
the results.
The usual agreement is that, if p is less than .05, researchers consider the results statistically significant or statistically reliable, that is, unlikely to have arisen by chance.

Question 9

What are neurotransmitters?

Answer 9

A chemical that activates receptors on other neurons.

Question 10

List the 4 parts of the brain

Answer 10

Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital

Question 11

Parts of the eye

Answer 11

Pupil
Iris
Cornea
Lens
Retina

Question 12

What are the senses?

Answer 12

Touch
Taste
Smell
Sigh
Hearing