RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY WELL EXPLAINED #12
Scientific Thinking - correct answer Involves the cognitive skills required to generate,
test, and revise theories
Scientific Method - correct answer How scientists conduct research; consists of five
basic processes: observe, predict, test, interpret, and communicate
Theory - correct answer A set of related assumptions from which testable predictions
can be made
Hypothesis - correct answer A specific, informed, and testable prediction of what kind of
outcome should occur under a particular condition
Replication - correct answer The repetition of a study to confirm the results; it is
essential to the scientific process
Pseudoscience - correct answer Claims presented as scientific that are not supported
by evidence obtained with the scientific method
Research Designs - correct answer Plans of action for how to conduct a scientific study
Variable - correct answer A characteristic that changes or "varies", such as age, gender,
weight, intelligence, anxiety, and extraversion
Population - correct answer The entire group a researcher is interested in
Samples - correct answer Subsets of the population studied in a research project
Descriptive Designs - correct answer Study designs in which the researcher defines a
problem and variable of interest but makes no prediction and does not control or
manipulate anything
Case Study - correct answer A study design in which a psychologist, often a therapist,
observes one person over a long period of time
Naturalistic Observation - correct answer A study in which the researcher unobtrusively
observes and records behavior in the real world
Representative Sample - correct answer A research sample that accurately reflects the
population of people one is studying
Meta-analysis - correct answer A research technique for combining all research results
on one question and drawing a conclusion
Scientific Thinking - correct answer Involves the cognitive skills required to generate,
test, and revise theories
Scientific Method - correct answer How scientists conduct research; consists of five
basic processes: observe, predict, test, interpret, and communicate
Theory - correct answer A set of related assumptions from which testable predictions
can be made
Hypothesis - correct answer A specific, informed, and testable prediction of what kind of
outcome should occur under a particular condition
Replication - correct answer The repetition of a study to confirm the results; it is
essential to the scientific process
Pseudoscience - correct answer Claims presented as scientific that are not supported
by evidence obtained with the scientific method
Research Designs - correct answer Plans of action for how to conduct a scientific study
Variable - correct answer A characteristic that changes or "varies", such as age, gender,
weight, intelligence, anxiety, and extraversion
Population - correct answer The entire group a researcher is interested in
Samples - correct answer Subsets of the population studied in a research project
Descriptive Designs - correct answer Study designs in which the researcher defines a
problem and variable of interest but makes no prediction and does not control or
manipulate anything
Case Study - correct answer A study design in which a psychologist, often a therapist,
observes one person over a long period of time
Naturalistic Observation - correct answer A study in which the researcher unobtrusively
observes and records behavior in the real world
Representative Sample - correct answer A research sample that accurately reflects the
population of people one is studying
Meta-analysis - correct answer A research technique for combining all research results
on one question and drawing a conclusion
