1-Learning, experimental research

Question 1

acquisition phase

Answer 1

the period in the learning process when an individual is learning a new behavior

Question 2

the period in the learning process when an individual is learning a new behavior

Answer 2

acquisition phase

Question 3

performance

Answer 3

behavior after skill has been established

Question 4

behavior after skill has been established

Answer 4

performance

Question 5

The search for general principles of learning

Answer 5

basic principles that apply across a wide range of species and stratums???

Question 6

Characteristics of a good theory?

Answer 6

falsifiable: be proven wrong
parsimonious: simple
general: generalize
generative: generates more research
in agreement with data

Question 7

hypothesis

Answer 7

prediction about what should occur according to a theory

Question 8

prediction about what should occur according to a theory

Answer 8

hypothesis

Question 9

independent variable

Answer 9

the factor that is directly varied or manipulated

Question 10

the factor that is directly varied or manipulated

Answer 10

independent variable

Question 11

dependent variable

Answer 11

behaviors that are the measured outcome of an experiment

Question 12

behaviors that are the measured outcome of an experiment

Answer 12

dependent variable

Question 13

extraneous variable

Answer 13

uncontrolled factor that is not of interest to the researcher; must be held constant or it could be a confound

Question 14

uncontrolled factor that is not of interest to the researcher; must be held constant or it could be a confound

Answer 14

extraneous variable

Question 15

confound

Answer 15

a variable that is not of interest to the researcher but might nevertheless affect the results of an experiment, thereby making the results difficult or impossible to interpret

Question 16

a variable that is not of interest to the researcher but might nevertheless affect the results of an experiment, thereby making the results difficult or impossible to interpret

Answer 16

confound

Question 17

control group/condition

Answer 17

in experimental research, a group of subjects that receives no special training or treatment and whose performance is compared to that of the experimental group.

Question 18

in experimental research, a group of subjects that receives no special training or treatment and whose performance is compared to that of the experimental group.

Answer 18

control group/condition

Question 19

placebo effect

Answer 19

change in behavior even though no treatment was given

Question 20

change in behavior even though no treatment was given

Answer 20

placebo effect

Question 21

experimenter bias

Answer 21

outcome affected by the experimenter’s knowledge of the experiment

Question 22

outcome affected by the experimenter’s knowledge of the experiment

Answer 22

experimenter bias

Question 23

double-blind procedure

Answer 23

neither the experimenter nor the subject knows whether the subject is receiving the treatment or not

Question 24

neither the experimenter nor the subject knows whether the subject is receiving the treatment or not

Answer 24

double-blind procedure

Question 25

induction

Answer 25

collecting data and develop a theory based on those data

Question 26

collecting data and develop a theory based on those data

Answer 26

induction

Question 27

deduction

Answer 27

have a theory, design an experiment to test the theory

Question 28

have a theory, design an experiment to test the theory

Answer 28

deduction

Question 29

group designs

Answer 29

basically between-subjects

control and treatment groups

Question 30

control and treatment groups

Answer 30

group designs

between-subjects

Question 31

single-subject designs

Answer 31

within-subject

each subject exposed to all levels of the experiment

Question 32

each subject exposed to all levels of the experiment

Answer 32

single-subject designs

within-subject

Question 33

direct replication

Answer 33

replicating a study in exactly the same way as the original

Question 34

replicating a study in exactly the same way as the original

Answer 34

direct replication

Question 35

systematic replication

Answer 35

taking a few variables and testing those rather than replicating the whole study

Question 36

taking a few variables and testing those rather than replicating the whole study

Answer 36

systematic replication