Intro to Psych Review

Psychology is the scientific study of what?

• Science and Non-Science

• Behavior and Mental Processes

• Non-human animals

• Descriptive studies

The __________ is the one manipulated by the researcher.

• Dependent Variable

• Confounding Variable

• Control Variable

• Independent Variable

The ___________is expected to change as the independent variable changes.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Variable

• Random Sample

A ___________ is the group of individuals taking part in the research study.

• Population

• Sample

• Variable

• Control

In __________ __________ every member of the target population has an equal chance of becoming part of the sample.

• Stratified sampling

• Random sampling

• Opportunity sampling

• Self-selected sampling

This research method is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

• Case Study
• Survey
• Observational
• Correlational
• Experiments

This research method is a technique for ascertaining the self – reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.

• Survey
• Observational
• Correlational
• Experiments
• Case Study

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

• Correlational
• Experiments
• Case Study
• Survey
• Observational

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).

• Experiments
• Case Study
• Survey
• Observational
• Correlational

What is a hypothesis?

• an educated guess

• an absolute solution

• a random guess

• an experiment