Vocabulary: Theory and Variables

What is the term for research that is conducted for its own sake, that is, that has no immediate application?

• basic research

• applied research

• field research

• experimental research

What is any action that people can observe or measure called?

• behavior

• emotion

• thought

• memory

What is the school of psychology, founded by John Watson, that defines psychology as the scientific study of observable behavior?

• behaviorism

• psychoanalysis

• humanism

• cognitivism

What is a predisposition to a certain point of view called?

• bias

• fact

• evidence

• theory

What is an in-depth study of a single person or group to reveal some universal principle called?

• case study

• survey

• experiment

• correlational study

What is the relationship between two variables called?

• correlation

• equation

• deviation

• integration

In an experiment, what is the factor that is being measured that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable?

• dependent variable

• control variable

• extraneous variable

• independent variable

What is a controlled scientific procedure to determine whether certain variables manipulated by the researcher have an effect on other variables called?

• experiment

• observation

• survey

• theory

What is the school of psychology that emphasizes the tendency to organize perceptions of individual parts into meaningful wholes called?

• gestalt psychology

• behaviorism

• psychoanalysis

• structuralism

What is the factor that is manipulated by the researcher to determine its effect on another variable called?

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• control variable

• extraneous variable