Week 3 AP Vocabulary

Question 1

Correlation

Answer 1

A measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, thus how well each factor predicts each other.

Question 2

Debriefing

Answer 2

The post experimental explanation of a study including its purpose and deceptions, to its participants.

Question 3

Double-Blind Procedure

Answer 3

An experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant about weather the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo.

Question 4

Placebo Effect

Answer 4

Experimental results caused by expectations alone.

Question 5

Random Assignment

Answer 5

Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting difference between those assigned to different groups.

Question 7

Control Group

Answer 7

In an experiment the group that is not exposed to the treatment.

Question 8

Experimental Group

Answer 8

In an experiment, the group that is exposed to the treatment that is, to one version of the independent variable.

Question 10

Dependent Variable

Answer 10

The variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

Question 10

Independent Variable

Answer 10

The experimental factor that is manipulated.

Question 10

Confounding Variable

Answer 10

A factor other that the independent variable that might produce an effect in the experiment.