Go on. Explore!

lvl 0 • 0 xp

lvl 1

Home Market Decks Interests

Chapter 5-6

memorize.ai (lvl 286)

(0)

11 cards

()

Section 1

Preview this deck

Experiment

Front

1 / 11

0.0

0 reviews

5			0
4			0
3			0
2			0
1			0

Active users

All-time users

Favorites

Last updated

6 years ago

Date created

Mar 14, 2020

Cards (11)

Section 1

(11 cards)

Experiment

Front

Researchers Assign the Explanatory Variable

Back

Explanatory Variable

Front

A variable that helps explain or influences changes in a response variable.

Back

double-blind procedure

Front

A research strategy in which neither subjects nor experimenters know which subjects are in the experimental or control groups.

Back

Treatment

Front

Specific combination of explanatory variables

Back

Response Variable

Front

a variable that measures an outcome or result of a study

Back

confounded variable

Front

one whose effect cannot be separated from the supposed independent variable

Back

Placebo

Front

something which has a positive mental effect, but no physical effect

Back

block design

Front

the experimenter divides subjects into subgroups called blocks, such that the variability within blocks is less than the variability between blocks. Then, subjects within each block are randomly assigned to treatment conditions.

Back

placebo effect

Front

improvement resulting from the mere expectation of improvement

Back

confounding variable

Front

a factor other than the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment

Back

Observational Studies

Front

Researchers carefully and systematically observe and record behavior without interfering with behavior.

Back