summer camp quiz

Which of the following is the first step in the scientific method?

• formulate question

• conduct secondary research

• interpret data

• create Hypothesis

A hypothesis is

• An informed guess on what will happen in your experiment

• A wild guess based on your gut feeling

• What your experiment is trying to prove

• When you get very cold

What is "Secondary research"?

• When you read about experiments that have already been published

• When you run the same experiment again

• When another researcher tries to run your experiment again

• When you copy someone elses paper but change a few words

"Are specific colors better for your memory? Does it help to write notes and flashcards in one color more than it does with another?"

In this experiment, what would the independant variables be?

 

• The color of the cards

• the words written on the cards

• the number of words particpants can remember

• The number of participants who are included

At the begining of the psychology research video, which two things did the speaker want to test?

When you turn ideas or questions into something you can measure (for example if you say rate how happy you feel on a scale from 1-10) this is called

• operationalizing

• quantifying

• rationalizing

• prioritizing

Watching subjects without changing their enviroments is called

• naturalistic observation

• case study

• Experimental observation

• interview

What is a case study?

• When you examine a specific real-world event

• When you watch participants go about their daily life

• When you create a hypothesis, define variables and test

• When you try to by a new bag