Psychology: Unit 1 Vocab

In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.

• Placebo Effect

• Critical Thinking

• Experimental Group

• Control Group

In an experiment, the group that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

• Experiment

• Dependant Variable

a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion

• Dependant Variable

• Hindsight Bias

• Random Sample

• Case Study

experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient assumes is an active agent

• Placebo Effect

• Random Sample

• Critical Thinking

• Informed Consent

a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group

• Median

• Experiment

• Intuition

• Survey

The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable

• Hindsight Bias

• Informed Consent

• Random Sample

• Dependant Variable

A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process

• Experiment

• Case Study

• Intuition

• Informed Consent

an ethical principle that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate

• Random Sample

• Intuition

• Informed Consent

• Experiment

observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation

• Naturalistic Observation

• Statistical Significance

• Case Study

• Critical Thinking

an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

• Random Sample

• Intuition

• Case Study

• Median