Unit 1 Vocabulary Review - PSY

The scientific study of behavior that is tested through scientific research.

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Humanism

• Scientific Method

The numbers, or the number of times that people do something.

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

• External Validity

• Internal Validity

The specific content of what people think or feel.

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

• External Validity

• Internal Validity

How confidently a study can say there are no alternate explanations of the results.

• Internal Validity

• External Validity

• Scientific Reliability

• Statistical Significance

How confidently the conclusions from your research study can be generalized to the people not in your study.

• Internal Validity

• External Validity

• Scientific Reliability

• Statistical Significance

Moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.

• Ethics

• Belmont Report

• Internal Validity

• Effect Size

This document promotes the ethical principles of beneficence, justice, and informed consent.

• The Belmont Report

• The Wogaman Report

• The Louise-Troy Report

• The Dunbar Report

With this method, you are restating EXACTLY what the data says.

• Descriptive Statistics

• Inferential Statistics

• Correlation Coefficient

• Effect Size

Using this method, you can come to new conclusions by asking questions and making predictions.

• Descriptive Statistics

• Inferential Statistics

• Correlation Coefficient

• Effect Size

A number between −1 and +1 calculated so as to represent the linear dependence of two variables or sets of data.

• Descriptive Statistics

• Inferential Statistics

• Correlation Coefficient

• Effect Size