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| the treatment of interest, or independent variable is withheld so that comparison to the experimental condition can be made |
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| consists of all the members of a group getting studied |
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| the tendency to over-estimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors |
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| an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts observations |
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| involves observing and recording behavior in naturally occuring situations without trying to manipulate or control the situation |
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| the procedure of assigning subjects to the experimentaland control conditions by chance in order to minimize pre existing relationships between groups |
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| an experiment is the factor being manipulated and testing by investigator |
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| the factor being measured by the investigator |
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| most frequently occuring score |
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| careful reasoning that examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions |
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| subjects are exposed to the independent variable be studied |
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| depiction of the relationship between 2 variables by means of a graphed cluster of dots |
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| testable prediction, often implied by a theory; testing the hypothesis help scientists to test the thoery |
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| statistical measure that indicates the extent to which 2 factors vary together and thus how well one factor can be predicted from the other. can be positive or negative |
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| descriptive research strategy in which a representative, random sample of people are questioned about their attitudes or behavior |
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| pure science that aims to increase psychology's scientific knowledge base rather than to solve practical problems |
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| scientific study that aims to solve practical problems |
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| controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behavior. |
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| one that is representative because every member of the population has an equal chance of being included |
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| false perception of a relationship between 2 events where none exists |
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| research strategy in which a researcher directly manipulates one or more factors (IV) in order to observe their effect on some behavior or mental process (DV), experiments make it possible to establish cause and effect relationships |
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| science of behavior and mental processes |
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| the process of repeating an experiment, often with different subjects and in different situations, to see whether the basic finding generalizes to other subjects and circumstances |
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| average amount by which the scores in a distribution deviate around the mean |
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| an inert substance or condition that is administered as a test of whether an experimental subject, who mistakenly thinks a treatment is in effect, behaves the same as he or she would if the treatment were actually present |
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| a descriptive research strategy in which one person is studied in great depth, often with the intention of revealing universal principles |
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| control procedure in which neither the experimenter nor the research subjects are aware of which condition is in effect |
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| control procedure in which neither the experimenter nor the research subjects are aware of which condition is in effect |
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| enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and passed from one generation to the next |
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| enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and passed from one generation to the next |
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| branch of psychology concerned with the study, assessment, and treatment of people with psychological disorders |
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| branch of medicine concerned with the physical diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders |
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| refers to the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome that one would have foreseen it |
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| score that falls at 50th percentile |
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