Unit 1 Review

Researchers want to know how happiness is impacted by the color of your socks. Color of socks would be the...

• Independent Variable

• Confounding Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Variable

When researchers cannot ethically randomly assign people in an experiment, so they compare groups that already exist.

• Correlational study

• Case Study

• Naturalistic Observation

• Longitudinal study

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 research method in which the researcher does not at all interfere with or try to control any part of the research.

• Experiment

• Case study

• Longitudinal study

• Observational study

When researchers meet with participants at a study's conclusion to reveal information and ensure their well-being.

• Confidentiality

• Informed Consent

• Debriefing

• Revelation

This type of graph 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