Psychology Research Methods

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Which option below is NOT a goal of Psychological Research? Description, Explanation, Prediction, Deception

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Deception

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Which option best describes a hypothesis? Options: An educated guess, A new discovery, An established theory, Found at the end of an experiment

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An educated guess

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When following the Scientific Method, what should you do right after selecting a topic and asking a question?

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Search the literature

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Any distortion of or withholding of fact with the purpose of misleading others is known as...

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Deception

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Selecting participants randomly from a population is known as...

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Random Sampling

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The outcome variable. The factor that is being measured.

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Dependent Variable

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The type of design that tracks trends and patterns. Researchers examine relationships that are NOT manipulated by the researcher.

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Correlational Design

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A type of design where researchers DO manipulate or change some characteristic(s) of the situation and then measure to determine the effects

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Experimental Design

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Which option below is NOT a type of Correlational Study? Naturalistic Observation, Surveys, Case Studies, Placebo Effect

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Placebo Effect

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Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation is called...

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Naturalistic Observation