Psychology

3. assignment / assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing any differences between them
4. / a technique for ascertain the self reported attitudes or behaviors of people, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of them
5. / a method in which researches vary one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process
10. procedure / a procedure in which participants and research staff are ignorant about who has received the treatment or a placebo
12. variable / the experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied
13. / the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
15. effect / results caused by expectations alone
17. / the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
18. group / the group in an experiment that contrasts with the experimental condition and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment
19. variable / the outcome factor; the variable may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable

1. / an explanation using an integrated set of principals that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events
2. / the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
6. group / the group in an experiment that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable
7. / a measure of extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other
8. / an integrated approach that incorporates different but complementary views from biological,psychological, and sociocultural perspectives
9. psychology / emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individuals potential for personal growth
11. / repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic findings extends to other participants and circumstances
14. correlation / the perception of a relationship where none exists
16. / a testable prediction, often implied by a theory