Psych vocab

What is the scientific method?

• A method of learning about the world through observation and experimentation

• A method of learning about the world through critical thinking and statistical analysis

• A method of learning about the world through confirmation bias

• A method of learning about the world through naturalistic observation

What is confirmation bias?

• The tendency to focus on information that supports preconceptions

• The tendency to blindly accept arguments and conclusions

• The tendency for research participants to behave in a certain way because they know they are being observed

• The tendency to manipulate or control the situation in naturalistic observation

What is critical thinking?

• Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions

• Thinking that focuses on information that supports preconceptions

• Thinking that manipulates or controls the situation in naturalistic observation

• Thinking that is based on confirmation bias

What is participant bias?

• A tendency for research participants to behave in a certain way because they know they are being observed or they believe they know what the researcher wants

• A tendency to focus on information that supports preconceptions

• A method of learning about the world through observation and experimentation

• A method of learning about the world through critical thinking and statistical analysis

What is naturalistic observation?

• Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulating or controlling the situation

• Observing and recording behavior by manipulating or controlling the situation

• Studying one person in depth to reveal universal principles

• Investigating the degree to which two variables are related to each other

What is a case study?

• A research technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

• A research project strategy that investigates the degree to which two variables are related to each other

• A research technique that questions a sample of people to collect information about their attitudes or behaviors

• A research technique that compares individuals from different age groups at one time

What is a correlational study?

• A research project strategy that investigates the degree to which two variables are related to each other

• A research technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles

• A research technique that questions a sample of people to collect information about their attitudes or behaviors

• A research technique that compares individuals from different age groups at one time

What is a survey method?

• A research technique that questions a sample of people to collect information about their attitudes or behaviors

• 1. A procedure for creating groups that allows the researcher to control for individual differences among research participants

• A tendency for research participants to behave in a certain way because they know they are being observed or they believe they know what the researcher wants

• 1. A research technique that compares individuals from different age groups at one time

What is a population?

• The participants in in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable

• 1. A research procedure in which both the data collectors and the research participants do not know the expected outcome of the experiment

• 1. The entire group of people about whom you would like to know something

• 1. A research method in which the researcher manipulates and controls certain variables to observe the effect on other variables

What is a random sample?

• 1. :A method of learning about the world through the application of critical thinking and tools such as observation, experimentation, and statistical analysis

• 1. A research technique that compares individuals from different age groups at one time

• 1. A research technique that follows the same group of individuals over a long period

• 1. A sample that fairly represents a population because each member of the population has an equal chance of being included