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OpenStax Psychology Chapters 1 & 2 questions with answersarchival research - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔using past records or data sets to answer various
research questions, or to search for interesting patterns or relationships
attrition - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔reduction in number of research participants as some drop
out of the study over time
cause-and-effect relationship - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔changes in one variable cause the
changes in the other variable; can be
determined only through an experimental research design
case study - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔in depth investigations of a single or few people
confirmation bias - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔tendency to ignore evidence that disproves ideas
or beliefs
confounding variable - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔unanticipated outside factor that affects both
variables of interest, often giving the false impression that changes in one variable causes changes in
the other variable, when, in actuality, the outside factor causes changes in both variables
control group - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔serves as a basis for comparison and controls for
chance factors that might influence the results of the study—by holding such factors constant across
groups so that the experimental manipulation is the only difference between groups
correlation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔relationship between two or more variables; when two
variables are correlated, one variable changes as the other does
cross-sectional research - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔compares multiple segments of a
population at the same time
,debriefing - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔when an experiment involved deception, participants are
told complete and truthful
information about the experiment at its conclusion
deception - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔purposely misleading experiment participants in order to
maintain the integrity of the experiment
deductive reasoning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔results are predicted based on a general
premise (hypothesis)
dependent variable - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the variable that is being measured, changes
due to independent variable change
double-blind study - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔experiment in which both the researchers and
the participants are blind to group assignments
empirical - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔tangible evidence that can be observed, regardless of who
is observing
experimental group - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔group designed to answer the research
question; experimental manipulation is the only difference between the experimental and control
groups, so any differences between the two are due to experimental manipulation rather than chance
experimenter bias - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔researcher expectations skew the results of the
study
fact - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔(view and other people agree) objective and verifiable
observation, established using evidence collected through empirical research
falsifiable - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔(capable of being shown incorrect) able to be disproven
by experimental results
, generalize - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔refers to ability to apply the findings of a research project
to almost all people (should be for all people)
hypothesis (plural: hypotheses) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔testable prediction. if-then
statement
Institutional Review Board (IRB) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔committee of administrators,
scientists, and community members that reviews proposals for research involving human
participants
illusory correlation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔seeing relationships between two things when
in reality no such relationship exists
independent variable - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the variable that is manipulated by an
experimenter
inductive reasoning - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔conclusions are drawn from observations
informed consent - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔process of informing a research participant about
what to expect during an experiment, any risks involved, and the implications of the research, and
then obtaining the person's consent to participate
inter-rater reliability - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔measure of reliability that assesses the
consistency of observation
longitudinal research - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the same group of individuals is measured
repeatedly over an extended period of time
naturalistic observation - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔observation of behavior in its natural
setting
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