Psych Research and Ethics

A variable that is kept constant during a controlled experiment.

A research method that compares people of different ages at the same point in time.

A clear and specific way of measuring a concept or variable, essentially explaining exactly how you will observe and quantify something in your study, so that anyone else could replicate your results.

All individuals in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn.

A subject's behavioral changes are a result of the subjects believed expectations and ideas.

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

The relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other variable decreases.

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

A process of randomly assigning subjects to different treatment groups.

In this method various tests are given to measure human behavior (ability, interests, IQ, personality).