Research Methods Part 1

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Factors that cause differences between the experimental group and control group other than the independent variable are _____________________.

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confounding variables

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A(n) _______________ research design happens when only participants don't know whether they are in experimental or control group, but the researchers do know who is assigned to which group.

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single blind

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A ____________________ is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in-depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.

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Case Study

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The _____________ method of research is where the researcher carefully and systematically observes and records behavior without interfering.

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Naturalistic observational

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_________________research is a measure of the extent to which two variables change together, and thus of how well either variable predicts the other.

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correlational

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________________ research is where an investigator manipulates one or more factors (independent variables) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (the dependent variable).

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Experimental

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The advantage of _______________ is that they create an immense amount of data that can be gathered quickly and inexpensively.

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Surveys

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The advantage of ___________________ is that the behavior observed in the subject(s) natural environment to be more natural, spontaneous, and varied than that observed in a laboratory.

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natural observation

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The primary disadvantage of _______________ research is that it does not permit researchers to establish cause-and-effect results instead only showing a relationship exists between the two variables being studied.

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Correlational

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A disadvantage of _________________ is that the artificiality of the lab may not lend itself to results that reflect what would happen naturally.

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Experiments