Psych Investigations
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- Q1what is one way to describe and observe behaviorsurveys30s
- Q2What method involves manipulating one variable to observe its effect on another variable?Descriptive researchExperimental researchCorrelational researchSurvey research30s
- Q3what are environmental conditions, personal characteristics, behaviorsvariables30s
- Q4Why do we use the meta ideato have valid and reliable measures of behavior30s
- Q5What increases external validityRandom sampling30s
- Q6What increases internal validityRandom assignment30s
- Q7Connecting our sample to the population is called whatGeneralizability30s
- Q8what is our primary interestbehavior in a population of people30s
- Q9when is a sample biasedwhen it is not randomly selected30s
- Q10Which of the following is a statistical analysis used to determine the relationship between two or more variables without directly manipulating them?Descriptive statisticsRegression analysisCorrelationChi-square test30s
- Q11Which psychological research method involves randomly assigning participants to different conditions in an experiment to control for potential confounding variables?Random assignmentPlacebo effectDemand characteristicsObserver bias30s
- Q12What is the meta idea with pizzazEstablishing valid and reliable relations between variables in a systematic, controlled, and ethical manner30s
- Q13What type of study examines the relationship between two variables to determine if they are associated with each other?Experimental researchLongitudinal researchCorrelational researchDescriptive research30s
- Q14What is the term for the phenomenon where individuals tend to attribute their successes to internal factors and their failures to external factors?Confirmation biasSelf-serving biasFundamental attribution errorHindsight bias30s
- Q15What is the primary purpose of a double-blind study in psychological research?To minimize experimenter and participant biases in the studyTo prevent participants from dropping out of the study prematurelyTo disclose the study's purpose to both the participants and researchersTo ensure that all study procedures are conducted in a standardized manner30s