Vocab 2-2

Question 1

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 1

A situation in which a researcher’s expectations influence that person’s own behavior, and thereby influence the participants behavior.

Question 2

Single Blind experiment

Answer 2

An experiment in which the participants are unaware of which participants received the treatment

Question 3

Double blind experiment

Answer 3

And experiment in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know which participants received which treatment

Question 4

Placebo affect

Answer 4

A Change in a participants illness or behavior that results from a believe that the treatment will have an effect rather than from the actual treatment