Unit 2 Quiz

Question 1

Control group

Answer 1

Base line, stays the same

Question 2

Experimental group

Answer 2

Being experimented on

Question 3

Independent variable

Answer 3

What’s being done

Question 4

Dependent variable

Answer 4

The outcome

Question 5

What the first step?

Answer 5

Hypothesis

Question 6

What’s the last step?

Answer 6

Results

Question 7

Operational def.

Answer 7

They help clarify what the study is, it helps it be more specific

Question 8

Mean

Answer 8

Average

Question 9

Median

Answer 9

Middle

Question 10

Mode

Answer 10

Most common

Question 11

Experimental method

Answer 11

Researcher manipulates variables to discover their effects

Question 12

Descriptive method

Answer 12

Methods describe behaviors, observing, study examples, asking questions

Question 13

Correlational method

Answer 13

Methods that determine if relationships exist between variables

Question 14

Naturalistic observation

Answer 14

Advantages- behaviors occur in natural environments

Disadvantages-hard to be completely invisible

Question 15

Case study

Answer 15

Advantages-well suited for studying roots of psych

Disadvantages- highly subjective

Question 16

Surveys/questionnaires

Answer 16

Advantages-easy to collect data from large groups

Disadvantages-relies upon self-reported data

Question 17

Research has to be reliable?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

Stream of consciousness

Answer 18

It’s continuous; not broken i to separate pieces

Question 19

Cohort effect

Answer 19

When one group is affected by something another group is not

Question 20

Empirical

Answer 20

Means observable- it can be seen