AP Psychology Unit 1 Test

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Researchers want to know how happiness is impacted by the color of your socks. The color of socks would be the...

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Independent Variable

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Researchers cannot ethically randomly assign people in an experiment, so they compare groups that already exist. What is this called?

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Correlational study

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The committee within an organization that approves or denies research based on ethics is?

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Institutional Review Board

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What happens when two variables increase and decrease together?

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Positive Correlation

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One of the drawbacks of this type of study is that the conclusions are not very generalizable. (Case study, Correlational study, Experiment, Survey)

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Case study

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Who are the participants in research that serve as the baseline for comparison?

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Control Group

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The school of thought that is based on the premise that psychological practices can only be based on what is observable.

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Behavioral perspective

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As the miles driven in a car increase, the gallons of gas remaining decrease.

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Negative Correlation

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In testing the effects of different kinds of light on plant growth, what would the plant growth be?

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Dependent Variable

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The research method in which the researcher does not interfere with or try to control any part of the research is called?

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Observational Study