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| double blinded experiment |
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| an experiment in which neither the experimenter nor the participants know who received treatment |
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| single blinded experiment |
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| an experiment in which the participants are unaware of which participants received the treatment |
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| a change in a participants illness or behavior that results from the belief that the treatment will have an effect rather than the actual treatment. |
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| a group of participants that are treated the same as those who are tested but did not receive treatment |
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| summarizing and making inferences from collections of data |
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| a measure of difference, or spread |
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| conditions and behaviors that are subject to change |
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| naturalistic observations, case studies, surveys, longitudinal studies, cross sectional studies, correlations and explanations, and experiments |
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| psychologist observes the subject in a natural setting without interfering. |
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| involves an intensive investigation of one or more participants |
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| information is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions |
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| data is collected about a group of participants over a number of years to assess how certain characteristics change or remain the same during development |
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| data is collected from groups or participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age |
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| involves having expections about a behavior and then acting in some way, usually unknowingly, to carry out that balance |
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| the measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of sets. |
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| experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram where participants were shocked when following authority |
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| describes the direction and strength of the relationship between two sets of variables |
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| numeric methods to determine whether research data support a hypothesis or whether results were due to chance |
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| what are two ways researches can avoid a biased sample? |
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| a random sample and to avoid a nonrepresentative sample |
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| what pre-research decisions must a psychologist make? |
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| research question, selection of research method, identification of sample |
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| how do psychologist try to avoid a self fulfilling prophecy? |
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| by using single blind and double blind experiment |
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| why should psychologists question the results of an experiment that they conducted for the first time? |
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| to look for errors in conducting the research and to determine if any outside variables influenced the result |
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| how is data organized to be displayed? |
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| what is the difference between mean and mode? |
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| the mean is the average of the scores and the mode is the most frequent occurring score |
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