Experimental Psych

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Across
  1. 1. statement- A statement that is worried so that it is falsifiable, or disapprovable, by experimental results.
  2. 4. conditions-all circumstances that occur or exist before the event or behavior to be explained; also called antecedents.
  3. 8. and Effect Relationship-The relation between a particular behavior and a set of antecedents that always precedes it whereas other antecedents do not so that set is inferred to cause the behavior
  4. 11. model-The process of reasoning from specific cases to more general principles to form a hypothesis.
  5. 16. Concluding section of the research report, used to integrate the experimental findings into the existing body of knowledge, showing how the current research advances, showing how the current research advances knowledge.
  6. 17. hypothesis-A statement that is a tentative explanation of an event or behavior; it predicts the effects of specified antecedents conditions on a measured behavior.
  7. 18. study-The descriptive record of an individual’s experiences, behaviors, or both kept by an outside observer.
  8. 19. validity- The degree to which an operational definition accurately represents the content of what is being measured.
  9. 20. model-The process of reasoning from general principles to specific instances; most useful for testing the principles of a theory.
  10. 21. study-A descriptive method in which already existing records are reexamined for a new purpose.
  11. 23. analysis-A system quantifying responses to open-ended questions by categorizing them according to objective rules or guidelines.
Down
  1. 2. size- A statistical estimate of the size or magnitude of the treatment effect(s).
  2. 3. validity-The degree to which a manipulation or measurement technique is self-evident.
  3. 4. research- Research that is designed to solve real-world problems
  4. 5. phenomenology-Contemporary phenomenology that relies on the researcher’s own experiences, experimental data provided by study participants, or other available sources such as literature or popular media; a qualitative approach.
  5. 6. research- Research designed to test theories or to explain psychological phenomena.
  6. 7. style-Tendency for subjects to respond to questions or test items in a specific way
  7. 8. validity-The degree to which scores on the measuring instrument correlate with another known standard for measuring the variable being studied.
  8. 9. sampling-A form of probability sampling in which a researcher samples entire clusters, or naturally occurring groups, that exist within the population.
  9. 10. validity- The degree to which a measuring instrument yields information allowing prediction of actual behavior or performance.
  10. 12. consent- A subject’s voluntary agreement to participate in a research project after the nature and purpose of the study have been explained.
  11. 13. validity- The certainty that the changes in behavior observed across treatment conditions in the experiment were actually caused by the independent variable.
  12. 14. case analysis- A form of case study in which deviant individuals are compared with those who are not to identify the significant differences between them.
  13. 15. content-The “hidden meaning” behind a question.
  14. 22. psychology- Everyday, nonscientific collection of psychological data used