Across
- 1. A series of interconnected ideas or concepts that explains what is observed in research and that make predictions about the future.
- 3. A sample of participants that fairly represents the population because each member of the population has an equal chance of being included.
- 7. A variable in an experiment that the experimenter manipulates to examine its impact on the dependent variable.
- 9. The beliefs, values, rules, and customs that exist within a group of people who share a common language and environment, which are transmitted through learning from one generation to the next.
- 10. A a research method that examines how variables are naturally related in the real world without altering the variables and without revealing whether one factor causes changes in another.
Down
- 2. A specific, testable prediction of what should be observed in a study if a theory is correct.
- 4. A group in an experiment that receives either no treatment or a baseline manipulation that is expected to have little or no impact; this group serves as a comparison to the experimental group.
- 5. A method that is a continuous five-step process that allows systematic observation and measurement of phenomena to reach one or more scientific goals.
- 6. A variable in an experiment that is measured to determine how it was affected by the manipulation of the independent variable.
- 8. Accepted standards of right and wrong that guide people's behavior.