Research Methods

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Psychology is the scientific study of?

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Behavior and Mental Processes

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___________ _________ is high when confounding variables have been controlled and we are quite certain that it was the change in the IV that caused the change in the DV.

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Internal validity

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This is a method of research 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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Experiments

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Which is NOT a step of the scientific method? Hypothesis, Problem, Count items, Draw Conclusions

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Count items

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What does it mean to draw conclusions?

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use data to make an assumption/theory

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What is a theory?

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a tested conclusion accepted as true

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What is replication?

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Doing an experiment again and getting the same results.

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Dilcia wants to know how drinking milk affects how tall a Monica grows. Which is the independent variable?

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drinking milk

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True or false?
EV's are always controlled in a LAB experiment

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False

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The ___________is expected to change as the IV changes.

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DV