Psych Quiz 2

Question 1

Conceptual variable

Answer 1

the thing you want to measure (anxiety and love)

Question 2

Measure variable

Answer 2

variable that represents the conceptual variable (Measure love with oxytocin)

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

group you hope to learn something about

Question 4

Sample

Answer 4

Section of the population tested

Question 5

Experimental group

Answer 5

group(s) that received the manipulation

Question 6

Control group

Answer 6

group that does not receive the manipulation

Question 7

Independent Variable

Answer 7

thing that is manipulated (Changing in the environment)

Question 8

Dependent Variable

Answer 8

thing that is being measured

Question 9

Confound

Answer 9

Anything other than the independent variable that causes a difference between the groups

Question 10

Placebo Effect

Answer 10

change in behavior due to subjects’ expectations (Change behavior and will cause you to do bad)

Question 11

Placebo

Answer 11

a fake testing condition, so people THINK they are getting a treatment, but really are not. (debrief at the end)

Question 12

Blind

Answer 12

participant is unaware of the group they’re in

Question 13

Double blind

Answer 13

administering researcher is also blind to the condition/ group

Question 14

Expectancy effect

Answer 14

unintentional bias from knowledge

Question 15

Random assignment

Answer 15

randomly sorting participants into groups

Question 16

Reliability

Answer 16

consistency of measurement (magic 8 ball)

Question 17

Validity

Answer 17

extent to which what’s measures is what was supposed to be measured (Ruler will not work to measure someone’s weight)

Question 18

Internal validity

Answer 18

does your experiment measure what you think it does? (Was it done correctly?)

Question 19

External validity

Answer 19

how well can you generalize your findings beyond your sample/ experiment?

Question 20

Observational

Answer 20

watching behavior, often in real world setting (Does not manipulate anything, Records naturally occurring behavior,
Includes naturalistic observations)

Question 21

Correlational

Answer 21

examines the extent to which two variables are associated (Also does not manipulate anything, observes how two variables are related in the world)

Question 22

Experimental

Answer 22

randomly assigns participants to different groups and manipulates an independent variable (Can make conclusions about the cause of the results)