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chap 2,3,6
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/15/2011

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dependant variable
Definition
is affected by the independant variable
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indapendant variable
Definition
changed to see if it affects another variable, the dependant variable variable
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random assignment
Definition
subjects are randomly assigned to different situations in which only the indepenant variable is changed
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confounding variable
Definition
extraneous variable that varies systematically with the IV
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internal validity
Definition
ensuring that nothing effects the dependant variable but the independant variable, no confounding variable
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external validity
Definition
how the effects of a study can be used to explain outside situation
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correlational method
Definition
method used to examine cause and effect relationship
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