Psychology Glossary

2. A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
3. An experimental design where a group are matched in pairs based on characteristics affecting preformance, then pairs are split into different groups that complete a task in different conditions
5. A measure of the extent to which experimental findings can be generalized to the real world
6. A research method conducted in the 'field' (real-life setting)
9. Composed of participants that do not get exposed to the IV treatment
11. The variable that is measured to see if it has been affected by the IV
13. The variable that is manipulated to test its affect on the DV
14. Variables that aren't controlled for in an experiment and which do affect the results
15. A research method completed in a controlled environment
16. A research method where the IV is a characteristic of a person
17. Composed of participants that do get exposed to the IV treatment
20. An experimental deisgn where a group completes a task under one condition then later completes the task with the reversed condition

1. The ability for an experiment to be completed by someone else
4. Anything other than the IV which may affect the DV; can be controlled by experimenter
7. A research method where the IV is not directly manipulated by the user
8. When all possible order of the presentation of variables is factored into a repeated measures experiment
10. How the variables in the experiment are defined and measured
12. Where participants form an interpretation of the experiment's purpose and subconsciously change their behavior accordinaly
18. An experimental design where the group is divided into two; one is exposed to the IV, the other is not
19. The ability for an experiment ot be repeated and achieve the same results