PSYCHOLOGY PUZZLE

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Across
  1. 2. Factors that are measured or controlled in an scientific study.
  2. 3. A representative segment of a target population.
  3. 5. The study of behavior in a controlled situation.
  4. 6. In a study, the participants who receive the treatment.
  5. 7. An experiment that uses both a control and an experimental group to determine whether the independent variable influences behavior and, if so, how it does so.
  6. 8. A method of research that looks at a different age groups at the same time in order to understand changes that occur during the life span
  7. 11. A study in which the participants are unaware of whether they are in the control group or the experimental group.
  8. 14. An experiment in which neither the participant nor the researcher knows whether the participant has received the treatment or the placebo.
  9. 17. An inert substance used in controlled experiments to rest the effectiveness of another substance.
  10. 18. To build or form by putting together parts.
  11. 19. An unpleasant stimulus between two variables in which one variable increases as the other variable decreases.
  12. 23. The total group to be studied or described and from whom samples may be drawn.
  13. 24. A relationship between variables in which one variable increases as the other variable also increases.
  14. 27. The factor that is being measured and that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
  15. 29. The concept that people who volunteer to participate in research studies often differ from those who do not volunteer.
  16. 31. A survey population, selected by chance, which fairly represents the general population.
Down
  1. 1. An in-depth study of a single person or group to reveal some universal principle.
  2. 4. The study of behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulation or control on the part of the observer.
  3. 9. To repeat a research study, usually with different participants and in different situations, to confirm the results of the original study.
  4. 10. A research technique for acquiring data about the attitudes or behaviors of a group of people, usually by asking questions of a representative, random sample.
  5. 12. The factor that is manipulated by the researcher to determine its effect on another variable.
  6. 13. A prediction or assumption about behavior that is tested through scientific research.
  7. 15. A measure of the distance of every score to the mean.
  8. 16. Rules and standards for proper and responsible behavior.
  9. 20. A type of research in which the same people are studied over a long time period.
  10. 21. An agreement by an individual to participate in research after receiving information about the purpose of the study and the nature of the treatment.
  11. 22. A sample drawn in such a way that known subgroups within a population are represented in proportion to their numbers in the general population.
  12. 25. In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment.
  13. 26. The relationship between variables.
  14. 28. A controlled scientific procedure to determine whether certain variables manipulated by the researcher have an effect on other variables.
  15. 30. A predisposition to a certain point of view