AP Psychology Unit 1.3

The variable manipulated by the researcher is the

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Confounding Variable

• Correlational variable

When two variables increase and decrease together.

• Strong Correlation

• Positive Correlation

• Negative Correlation

• Weak Correlation

The participants in research who serve as the baseline for comparison.

• Variable group

• Control group

• Experimental group

• Neutral group

As miles driven in a car increases, the gallons of gas remaining decreases.

• Positive correlation

• No correlation

• Negative correlation

• Weak correlation

In testing the effects of different kinds of light on plant growth, plant growth would be the...

• Hypothesis

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Control condition

The participants in research who receive the experimental treatment to measure its effects.

• Experimental group

• Random Sample

• Control group

• Population

The type of graph that depicts the direction and strength of a correlation

• Bar graph

• Scatterplot

• Histogram

• Pie chart

A variable outside of what is being controlled in the experiment that has an unwanted effect on the results.

• Independent variable

• Control variable

• Confounding variable

• Neutral Variable

This is an example of

• Positive Skew

• Negative Skew

• Positive Correlation

• Negative Correlation

A sample that represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion is known as

• Random sample

• Random assignment

• Random variable

• Random blind study