AP Psychology: Unit 1 Vocab

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Impact of sock color on happiness:

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Independent Variable

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When researchers can't ethically assign people randomly, they compare existing groups.

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Correlational study

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Committee that approves or denies research based on ethics.

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Institutional Review Board

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When two variables increase and decrease together.

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Positive Correlation

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Drawback: conclusions not generalizable.

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Case study

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Participants in research serving as the baseline for comparison.

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Control group

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School of thought that psychological practices are based on observable phenomena.

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Behavioral perspective

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Miles driven increases, gas remaining decreases.

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Negative correlation

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In testing the effects of light on plant growth, plant growth is the...

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Dependent variable

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Research method with no researcher interference.

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Observational study