unit 2

Question 1

Independent Variable

Answer 1

change/control

Question 2

Dependent Variable

Answer 2

what you measure

Question 3

Experimental group

Answer 3

real treatment

Question 4

placebo Effect

Answer 4

feels something but received fave treatment

Question 5

Double bind

Answer 5

both experimenter and participant does not know what the people are assigned to

Question 6

Operational definition

Answer 6

clear way to measure something

Question 7

confound

Answer 7

error in experiment

Question 8

Random assignment

Answer 8

group by chance from a sample you already have (flip coin)

Question 9

Random Sampling

Answer 9

Choosing randomly from larger population

Question 10

Validity

Answer 10

how well the experiment measures

Question 11

Reliability

Answer 11

same results every time

Question 12

naturalistic observation

Answer 12

observing real world

Question 13

correlational

Answer 13

finding relationship between 2 things, but not proving one causes the other

Question 14

pos correlation

Answer 14

2 variable going the same direction

Question 15

case study

Answer 15

studies mainly focuses on one person

Question 16

median

Answer 16

find the middle number (refer to notes)

Question 17

mode

Answer 17

occurs most often

Question 18

inferential statistics

Answer 18

using a small group to predict for a larger population

Question 19

(guidlines) confidentially

Answer 19

participants personal info

Question 20

deception

Answer 20

incomplete info must be fully explained after (in debriefing)

Question 21

normal distribution

Answer 21

mean, mode, median all in the centre

Question 22

positive skew

Answer 22

Mode> median> mean (left to right)

Question 23

negative skew

Answer 23

Mode> median> mean (right to left)