AICE Psychology Research Methods Review

Independent Variable

• Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter.

• Variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment.

Dependent Variable

• Variable in an experiment that represents the measurable response or behavior of the subjects in the experiment.

• Variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter.

What is replication?

• cloning the scientist who first did an experiment

• doing an experiment for the first time

• doing an experiment again and getting different results

• Doing an experiment again and getting the same results

What is a target population?

• the whole group you want to study or describe

• the population that is practicing for the Hunger Games

• population inside the classroom

• part of the group you want to study or describe

What is a sample in research?

• the whole target population

• a piece of food you get to try

• an educated guess

• only part of the target population

What does it mean to generalize results?

• to let the General make decisions about the results

• to reinforce stereotypes

• to create a trope

• to apply findings based on a sample to a larger group

Which answer lists two measures of the spread of data around the mean?

• mode and median
• standard deviation and range
• inferential statistics and descriptive statistics
• scattergrams and boxplots

Which answer provides examples of participant variables?

• independent variables, dependent variables
• time of day, noise level, temperature, location
• prior experience, motivation, intelligence, educational background
• extraneous variables, confounding variables

Which answer provides examples of situational variables?

• independent variables, dependent variables
• time of day, noise level, temperature, location
• prior experience, motivation, intelligence, educational background
• extraneous variables, confounding variables

_____________ refers to the extent to which findings can be generalized from the experiment to other settings or situations.

• Internal validity

• Ecological validity

• Population validity