Ch #2 Test Psychology (A)

a small group of participants, out of the total number available, that a researcher studies.

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

• Sample

• Cross-Sectional Study

research method in which the psychologist observes the subject in a natural setting without interfering

• Case Study

• Single-Blind Experiment

• Cross-Sectional Study

• Naturalistic Observation

research method that involves an intensive investigation of one or more participants.

• Case Study

• Survey

• Variable

• Descriptive Statistics

research method in which information is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions.

• Sample

• Case Study

• Variable

• Survey

a situation in which a researcher’s expectations influence that person’s own behavior and thereby influence the participant’s behavior.

• Single-Blind Experiment

• Cross-Sectional Study

• Self-fulfilling Prophecy

• Correlation Coefficient

an experiment in which the participants are unaware of which participants received the treatment

• Single-Blind Experiment

• Self-fulfilling Prophecy

• Naturalistic Observation

• Control Group

any factor that is capable of change

• Correlation

• Variable

• Sample

• Statistics

the group that is treated in the same way as the experimental group except that the experimental treatment is not applied.

• Single-Blind Experiment

• Double-Blind Experiment

• Inferential Statistics

• Cross-Sectional Study

research method in which data is collected from groups of participants of different ages and compared so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age.

• Single-Blind Experiment

• Double-Blind Experiment

• Naturalistic Observation

• Cross-Sectional Study

the measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of data.

• Correlation

• Variable

• Survey

• Sample