PSY 120 EXAM 1 (Passed!!!)

double blind study correct answers neither the researchers nor the subject know condition (placebo) confirmation bias correct answers how convenient the facts fit your views within vs. between subjects correct answers within is when using same person between is when using different person internal validity correct answers that the experiment was well controlled external validity correct answers that the experiment applies to the real world positive correlation correct answers when both numbers goes down or both numbers goes up negative correlation correct answers it has one number goes up and other number goes down experimental studies correct answers all about manipulation -hypothesis test causation -variables - literally "things that vary" - independent (what you change) -dependent (what you measure) -operationalize variables - making a psychological construct measurable. -lab based or field experiments correlation correct answers -describes a relation between two variables in the real world -supportive parents are linked to good behavior -correlation doesn't equal causation can't know direction of relation. hypothesis correct answers generate predictions about the world meta analysis correct answers across studies, finds impact of different methods and helps us be more sure of findings. replication correct answers looking for evidence from multiple studies research psychologist correct answers -collect data to understand mind -work in universities -base of all psychologists - neuroscience, personality, cognitive, social, development theories correct answers describes organize predict explain observation correct answers what is going on here? mean correct answers average