The Scienfic Method

Question 1

The steps of scientific method in order

Answer 1

Ask a Question.
Do Background Research.
Construct a Hypothesis.
Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment.
Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion.
Communicate Your Results.

Question 2

Why psychology is considered to be a science

Answer 2

It’s considered to be a science because it uses the scientific method to accomplish it goals

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

When you predict what’s going to happen

Question 4

Independent variable

Answer 4

What the researcher is changing

Question 5

Dependent variable

Answer 5

The thing your measuring

Question 6

Extraneous variable

Answer 6

Something the effects the study

Variable that you have not controlled

Question 7

Control group

Answer 7

It gives reliable baseline data to compare their results with

An example
a medical study will use two groups, giving one set of patients the real medicine and the other a placebo, in order to rule out the placebo effect.

Question 8

What’s an experimental group

Answer 8

It’s an experiment that receives the variable being tested

Question 9

Random sampling

Answer 9

It’s the basic sampling techniques where we select a group of subjects for a study from a larger group

Question 10

Stratified sampling

Answer 10

It refers to a type of sampling method

Question 11

Participants

Answer 11

The person that takes part is something

Question 12

Sample

Answer 12

a small part intended to show what the whole is like.

Question 13

Population

Answer 13

all the inhabitants of a particular place.

Question 14

Gualitative and quantitative

Answer 14

measured

Question 15

Mean medium and mode

Answer 15

Mean - the mean is the average or norm
Medium - the medium is the middle value
Mode - the mode is the most frequent value

Question 16

Overt and covert behaviour

Answer 16

Overt behaviour is any bodily action that persons can directly observe
Covert behavior is behavior that is not seen or observed