Definitions

Question 1

Observation

Answer 1

Method of measurement that requires judgement and behaviour to be recorded

Question 2

Confederate a

Answer 2

Stooges that work with the experimenter unknown to the participant

Question 3

Mundane realism

Answer 3

Set up of an investigation, making it more realistic giving it more ecological validity

Question 4

Demand characteristic

Answer 4

Participant guess the aim and act up to it, causing a problem with the internal validity

Question 5

Single blind control

Answer 5

Participants are lied to or not told the true aim of the story (deceived) in order to prevent demand characterises

Question 6

Extrapolation

Answer 6

When theories or research is carried out on animals and hen generalised to humans as if they were the same

Question 7

Correlation

Answer 7

An analysis which shows a link between 2 co variables in dictating the direction of the relation but not the cause

Question 8

Gender bias

Answer 8

Too male or too female

Question 9

Laboratory

Answer 9

Highly controlled artificial setting

Question 10

Aim

Answer 10

Statement of the study’s purpose explaining why the study is being carried out

Question 11

Hypothesis

Answer 11

Clear predictable statement of exactly what is going to be tested by the researchers

Question 12

Operationalise the variables

Answer 12

Specifically defining the levels of the variables so they can be easily measured eg volume what is loud ? Defining that volume 50 is loud and 10 is not loud etc