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Class: PSY 2013 - HNRS INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY; Subject: Psychology; University: Arkansas State University; Term: Fall 2010;
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DEFINITION 4 Research in which the investigator manipulates a variable under carefully controlled conditions and observes whether any changes occur in a second variable as a result. This allows researchers to detect cause-and-effect relationships. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 Cause creates effect. X rises and Y rises, does X cause Y ro rise? Not to be mistake with correlation!
A condition or event that an experimenter varies in order to see its impact on another variable. It is the variable the experimenter controls or manipulates. It is hypothesized to have some effect on the dependent variable. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 The variable that is thought to be affected by manipulation of the independent variable. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 This group consists of subjects who receive some special treatment in regard to the independent variable. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 This group consists of subjects who do not receive the special treatment given to the experimental group. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 allows investigators to see if there is an association between variables of interest
Most problematic distortion in self-report data is the social desirability bias, which is a tendency to give socially approved answers to questions about oneself. TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 Occurs when a researcher's expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results obtained. Experimenter bias can be neutralizzed with the double-blind procedure TERM 18
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