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1. Research 2. Scientfic observation correct answers 1. *logically gathering/ organizing info *for knowledge acquisition *organized way to seek answer to questions 2. *observe and explain relationship between 2 or more variables *characteristics of it- objective/ public/ replicable cause-effect (conditions for inferring it) correct answers *experimental condition occurs before the change, not after *observable change *no other variables account for that change Conducting Scienti...

Research is a correct answers scientific organized way to seek answers to questions Scientific Research is ___ and ____ correct answers powerful and objective method of gaining scientific knoweldge correct answers scientific method scientific observation is observing correct answers 2 or more variables and their relationship sci. observation must be ____ and ____ and _____ correct answers objective and (accessible) vetted and repeatable cause and effect relationship means that cor...

results correct answers where findings are listed tying research data to research problem tight organization of results data insulation data insulation correct answers when data is free of researcher bias examining selecting categorizing tabulating correct answers multiple integrate steps to data analysis data coding correct answers indexing data by assigning a label to portions of text codes correct answers key words/terms/phrasing triangulation construction of gro...

nonexperimental research correct answers -descriptive research -tends to be attribute IVs -aims: *observe group differences *look at developmental trends *look at relationships among variables *not about establishing cause and effect *describes a particular situation or phenomenon -helps generate hypotheses -misconception is that it's inferior (nope, just different) other terms for IV correct answers classification variable and predictor variable other terms for DV (in nonexperim...

Language correct answers a socially shared code that uses a conventional or rule-based system of arbitrary symbols to represent ideas about the world that are meaningful to others that know that same code Communication is... correct answers all the means by which information is transmitted between a sender and receiver Speech is... correct answers the motor component of language Four distinguishing features of language correct answers 1. Displacement 2. Productivity 3. Semanticity 4....

Test Bank For Lifespan Development 7th Canadian Edition by Denise Boyd, Paul Johnson, Helen Bee|| All Chapters 1-19|| Newest Edition

evidence-based practice correct answers an approach in which current, high-quality research evidence is integrated with practitioner expertise and client preferences and values into the process of making clinical decisions. 1. recognize the needs, abilities, values, preferences, and interests of individuals and families to whom they provide clinical services, and integrate those factors along with best current research evidence and their clinical expertise in making clinical decisions 2. a...

SCSU PSY219 Midterm Exam (Professor Paul Burinskas's Lifespan Psychology (PSY219) course at Southern Connecticut State University)