Chapter 2 Vocab

Question 1

Informed Consent

Answer 1

Participants must sign in order to participate in experiment

Question 2

IRB (Institutional Review Board)

Answer 2

Group of people that look at study before publishing it

Question 3

Case Study

Answer 3

Small sample size but in depth study

Question 4

Survey

Answer 4

Large sample size but not in depth study

Question 5

Naturalistic Observation

Answer 5

Simplest kin of study

Question 6

Correlation

Answer 6

There is a relationship between two variables

Question 7

Independent Variable

Answer 7

The variable that the experimenter can control/manipulate or what we are interested in

Question 8

Dependent Variable

Answer 8

What is being measured

Question 9

Confound Variable

Answer 9

Something other than the IV is changing the DV

Question 10

Operational Definition

Answer 10

Define something by an operation (specifically saying what something is)

Question 11

Random Selection

Answer 11

Randomly select people from population to be in the sample that have an equal chance of being chosen (representative of the group)

Question 12

Random Assignment

Answer 12

Randomly assign people in groups so they have an equal chance of being put in any group

Question 13

Cross Sectional

Answer 13

Snapshot in time, studying people right now

Question 14

Longitudinal

Answer 14

Overtime, studying over years