Introduction to Psychology YR2 HL

A type of research method that investigates the effect of an IV on a DV.

• Correlational study

• Experimental method

• Case study

• Brain imaging

Any action that a researcher has taken in a study to minimize or eliminate the effects of extraneous variables.

• Control

• Blind procedure

• Ethical consideration

• Generalizability

A type of research method that investigates the strength of relationships between co- variables.

• Correlational study

• Field method

• Case study

• Quasi-experiment

The variable that a researcher manipulates (i.e. varies or changes) in order to see its effect.

• Control

• Dependent variable

• Extraneous variable

• independent variable

the variable that a researcher measures.

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Extraneous variable

• Control

Any action that is intended to reduce the effects of extraneous variables

• Control

• Confounding variable

• Extraneous variable

• Experiment

An internal mental process

• Cognition

• Behaviour

• Fear

• Emotion

An attempt to explain a psychological phenomenon, often based on lots of existing studies.

• Conclusion

• Study

• Model

• Theory