Chapter 2: Conducting Research in Psychology

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Across
  1. 4. design/ plans of action for how to conduct a scientific study
  2. 5. a characteristic that changes or "varies", such as age, gender, weight, intelligence, anxiety, and extraversion
  3. 6. the score that separates the lower half of scores from the upper half
  4. 8. rosenthal/ Hypothesized that people who believed they were successful would be more likely to see success in others
  5. 10. the repetition of a study to confirm the results; essential to scientific process
  6. 12. test/ statistic that compares two means to see whether they could come from the same population
  7. 13. statistics/ measures used to describe and summarize research
  8. 14. deviation/ a statistical measure of how much scores in a sample vary around the mean
  9. 15. subsets of the population studied in a research project
  10. 18. ancient greek philosopher
  11. 21. the number of times a particular score occurs in a set of data
  12. 23. arithmetic average of a series of numbers
  13. 24. a set of related assumptions from which scientists can make testable predictions
Down
  1. 1. a statistic that represents the most commonly occurring score of value
  2. 2. thinking/ process using the cognitive skills required to generate, test, and revise theories
  3. 3. the tools and techniques used to assess thought or behavior
  4. 7. a specific testable prediction of the outcome of particular set of conditions in a research design
  5. 9. collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data
  6. 11. measures/ measures of bodily responses, such as blood pressure or heart rate, used to determine changes in psychological state
  7. 13. the explanation of the purpose of a study following data collection
  8. 16. a substance or treatment that appears identical to the actual treatment but lacks the active substance
  9. 17. variable/ in an experiment, the outcome or response to the experimental manipulation
  10. 19. reports/ written or oral accounts of a person's thoughts, feelings, or actions
  11. 20. variable/ in an experiment, the outcome or response to the experimental manipulation
  12. 22. study/ a study design in which a psychologist, often a therapist, observes one person over a long period of time