Bell Ringer

Dr. White conducted a study on the effects of Vitamin C on the body’s immune system. 1.What is the independent variable?2.What is the dependent variable?3.What should he operationally define?

Grudge

Placebo

• A drug that has no medical value given to deceive someone into thinking they are receiving an actual treatment.

Surveys

• This type of research method involves asking large groups of people to report on their behavior.

Mean

• The sum of scores divided by the number of scores.

Population

• In a research study, this is everyone you want to study and describe.

Correlation

•When two things have a relationship and are dependent of each other. It allows one to predict the other.

Hypothesis

• A testable prediction.

Skew

•When unusually high or low scores distort the mean.

Overconfidence

• Thinking we know more than we really do.

Correlation Coefficient

• The numerical degree in which two things are correlated.

Case Study

• This type of descriptive research method examines one individual or group in depth.

Naturalistic Observation

• This type of research method involves watching and recording behavior, but never to get involved.

Caffeine

• I want to study the effects of caffeine on attention span. What is the independent variable?

Culture

• Shared ideas, attitudes, and traditions amongst a group of people which are passed on from one generation to the next.

Dependent Variable

• The variable that may change depending on the outcome of the experiment.

Operational Definition

• To define the variables used in a research study.

Double-Blind Procedure

• An experiment when neither the participants nor the research staff are aware of who received the placebo.

Feral

• To live away from human contact.

Scientific Method

• The process to which we make observations, form theories, and then refine theories.

False Consensus Effect

• To assume everyone thinks and acts like we do because we surround ourselves with people similar to ourselves.

Representative/Random

• A sample that fairly represents the population.

Experimenter Bias

•When a researcher’s preferences influence the outcome of a study.

Standard Deviation

• How much scores deviate from the mean.

Skepticism

• Questioning things that are believed to be fact.

Survey

• The drawback to this type of study is the possibility of participants to lie or not remember.

Hindsight Bias

• The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

Range

• The difference between the lowest and highest scores in a set of data.

Negative

•What type of correlation is demonstrated by the following statement:“The less you spend, the more

you save.”

3

•What is the median of the following set of numbers:

3, 8, 2, 5, 1, 3, 8

Confounding Variables

• Variables in an experiment not caused by the independent variable.

Water

• Joe wanted to know the effects of water on the growth of grass. What is the independent variable?

Median

• The midpoint

Clark

• The last name of the husband and wife duo who testified that under segregation, black children internalized prejudice.

Group B

•Moe designed a new drug. He then tested it. He gave Group A the drug and Group B a placebo. Which group is the control group?

Case Study

• The drawback of this type of research method is its limitation on the number of participants.

Experimental Group

• The group that receives the actual treatment.

Anything furry

•What was Little Albert was conditioned to fear?

Ethics

•Moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior.

8

•What is the range of the following set of numbers:

3, 9, 2, 1, 5, 6, 8

Illusory Correlation

•When we think two things are correlated, but aren’t really correlated.

Placebo Effect

• After taking a water pill, Jackie reports that her symptoms have disappeared. She is experiencing the…

Response Bias

•When a participant answers questions in the way they think the researcher wants them to.

3

•What is the mode of the following set of numbers:

2, 5, 3, 5, 3, 3, 1, 2

Naturalistic Observation

• Jerry watches and records the behavior of zebras in the wild. What type of research is he conducting?

Intelligence

• Doug wanted to test the effects of donuts on intelligence. What is the dependent variable?

Brown vs. Board of Ed

• Landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that separate educational facilities are not equal.

5

•What is the mean of the following set of numbers:

2, 5, 4, 9, 5

Mode

• The score that appears the most.

Control Group

• The group who do not receive the treatment. They receive a placebo.

Case Study

• The story of Genie Wiley was an example of what type of research method?

Independent Variable

• The variable that is being manipulated or tested.

Illusory Correlation

• Bill believes that if he wears his lucky socks, the Cubs will win. He is suffering from a phenomenon called:

Language

• The case of Genie Wiley fascinated psychologist because it allowed them to study _______ development.

Replicate

• Repeating a research study to see if the findings are the same.