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Independent variable

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Variables that are manipulated to see if it will cause a change to the dependent variable

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Dependent variable

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Variables that are measured in an experiment

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Confounding variable

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Variables that need to be controlled as they could affect the dependent variable, even though the experimenter does not want them to

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Control group

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A group of experiment participants that are not exposed to the independent variable

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Order effects

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The effects that confounding variables have on results

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Demand characteristics

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Behaviours exhibited by participants in order to please the experimenter

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Repeated measures design

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Participant tested on all the conditions of the experiment and then their scores are compared with one another’s

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Independent measures design

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Participants exposed to one condition and then their scores are compared to other participant’s scores who were exposed to the other condition

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Matched pairs design

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Participants in one condition are matched with a participant in another condition based on particular characteristics (e.g. a measured level of aggression)

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Counter balancing

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The way experimenters control order effects - they change the order of participation between 2 groups

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Ecological validity

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Likeness of an experiment to a real life situation

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Two tailed hypothesis

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A hypothesis that predicts there will be a difference but that it could go either way