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| The study of an organism’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior and how these processes are effected by the environment, physical states, and mental states. |
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| Clinical, Forensic, Sports, Educational, Experimental, etc… |
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| The tendency to believe that you have foreseen the outcome once after it occurs. |
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| A type of method for collecting data or information from individuals that complete the questions themselves. |
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| The detailed research of a subject or a few subjects in order to identify behavioral, emotional, and/or cognitive qualities that are universally true, on average in comparison of others. |
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| the act of studying and observing the occurring behavior without interference or intervention at all. |
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| using random technique to get a sample from the population. |
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| 1) answers the question, “Does X cause Y?”, and 2) you manipulate a variable. |
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| the prediction that is made based on a theory |
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| the group of subjects who receive the treatment – the Independent Variable |
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| using a random technique to assign subjects to either the experimental group or the control group |
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| the condition that is being manipulated, an example:how much sunlight will i use for experiment for plant growth |
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| the condition that is being measured, ex: how much growth plants accumulated from the independent variable. |
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| any inert substance or condition that is thought to be able to have an effect – and does |
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| neither the subject nor the experimenter knows who’s getting the placebo. It controls for the placebo effect (subject) and experimenter bias (researcher), a 3rd party usually administers the experiment,(i.e. drugs) |
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| a way to measure how associated or related two variables are. |
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| A way to measure how associated or related two variables are but is based on the negative affects such as babies that are held more tend to cry less and vice versa. |
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| a numerical value that indicates the strength – if any – of a correlation |
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a proven method for effectively reading a textbook (READ 29 & 30)
Survey, Question, Read, Rehearse, Review |
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the study is conducted again in the same way but using different participants. This allows us to retest the subject matter and also to find out if the results can generalize to other participants and maybe even other situations.
Read more: http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Replication#ixzz1D7BEdsp6 |
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| Control Group (Control Condition) |
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| The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test |
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| In essence, theories explain observable events in a meaningful way. Theories are more general explanations about behavior and events. |
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| Generalizing From Vivid Cases |
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