Psych Game

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Across
  1. 2. Example:invites criticism and peer reviews, changes with new discoveries in science
  2. 5. Definition:The entire group that you want to study and gather conclusions about
  3. 7. Example:If scientists are trying to prove that soda causes tooth decay, they first have to establish a relationship between the two variables. Then, they would have to prove that the subjects’ teeth are in good condition prior to drinking soda. Finally, all alternative causes must be eliminated. In the soda-tooth decay scenario, scientists would have to ensure that other factors that may cause tooth decay are eliminated. This experiment would be used to prove…
  4. 11. Definition:A subset of a population that is used to represent the entire group as a whole
  5. 12. Example:A team of researchers claim that people with many people with autism are vaccinated, and wish to further examine this correlation. Through their studies, they conclude that vaccines cause autism. The team does not publish their findings, and dismiss any criticism of their research as conspiracy. This scenario exhibits key features of…
  6. 13. Definition:When populations are divided into strata and simple random samples are drawn from each strata
Down
  1. 1. Definition:Manipulated by the experimenter and not changed by other variables we are trying to measure
  2. 3. Example:A study is examining the relationship between the number of ice cream sales and the number of shark attacks at a beach. The study may find a strong correlation between the two variables; that is, during the summer months, there is an increase in both ice cream sales and shark attacks. However, the study does not take into account the number of people at the beach. If this were to be examined, the study would likely find that as the number of people at the beach increases, so too would the number of shark attacks and ice cream sales. The number of people at the beach is considered a(n)…
  3. 4. Example:A study is working on a larger scale and incorporates whole classes of students/participants. The individuals in these classes are not randomly assigned to those classes. Because the individuals are not randomly assigned in this study, factors such as prior knowledge/experience, friendships/relationships, gender, age, and a whole plethora of other factors may become confounding variables in the study. This study would be considered a(n)...
  4. 6. Definition:When researchers pick from a random group of people from a population
  5. 8. Example:Say a study examines students, instructing different groups to spend certain amounts of time on social media platforms throughout the week, followed by a test at the end of the week. The study finds that the students who used social media less performed better on the exam, while students who spent more time on social media performed worse. This indicates a negative _______ between time spent on social media and academic performance.
  6. 9. Example:relationship/association between two variables
  7. 10. Definition:measured by the experimenter, and are used to determine the effect of the independent variable