[Week 2] Research Designs

Question 1

confounds

Answer 1

Factors that undermine the ability to draw causal inferences from an experiment.

Question 2

correlation

Answer 2

Measures the association between two variables, or how they go together.

Question 3

dependent variable

Answer 3

The variable the researcher measures but does not manipulate in an experiment.

Question 4

experimenter expectations

Answer 4

expectations influence study outcomes

Question 5

independent variable

Answer 5

The variable the researcher manipulates and controls in an experiment.

Question 6

longitudinal study

Answer 6

study follows same participants over a long period of time

Question 7

operational definitions

Answer 7

How researchers specifically measure a concept.

Question 8

participant demand

Answer 8

research participants modify their behavior to their belief of the researcher’s expectations

Question 9

placebo effect

Answer 9

something new affects human behavior

Question 10

Quasi-experimental design

Answer 10

experiment does NOT require random assignments

Question 11

random assignment

Answer 11

Assigning participants to receive different conditions of an experiment by chance.