Across
- 3. an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and makes predictions
- 4. repeating a study
- 7. everyone has an equal chance of being selected to participate in a study
- 9. study of behavior and mental processes
- 11. both the participants and the researcher doesn't know who is in what group or what the hypothesis is
- 13. has a medical degree and can prescribe drugs
- 15. variable measured
- 17. testable prediction
- 18. variables other than the factor of interest that might produce an effect
- 19. variable manipulated
- 21. assists people with the problems of living
- 23. those traits that help us survive have a better chance of being passed on
- 25. science to increase knowledge
- 26. a statistic that indicates the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables
- 27. science to solve practical problems
- 30. self-report of attitudes or behaviors
- 31. emphasized human growth potential
- 32. group that is not exposed to the treatment
- 33. group that is exposed to the independent variable
Down
- 1. psychology should be objective and should not study mental processes
- 2. attitudes, values and traditions passed from one generation to the next
- 5. inert substance
- 6. watching in a natural setting without manipulation
- 8. studies the link between brain activity and mental processes
- 10. discovering and promoting strengths and virtues of individuals
- 12. exact procedures used in a study
- 14. focuses on psychological disorders
- 16. "I knew it all along."
- 20. all those of interest
- 22. caused by expectations
- 24. placing participants in the groups in an unbiased fashion
- 28. manipulation of a variable to observe its effect
- 29. an individual or a group is studied indepth