Psychology

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  1. 3. procedure / a procedure in which participants and research staff are ignorant about who has received the treatment or a placebo
  2. 5. / a measure of extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other
  3. 6. / the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes
  4. 9. / the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
  5. 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
  6. 14. group / the group in an experiment that contrasts with the experimental condition and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment
  7. 15. group / the group in an experiment that is exposed to the treatment, that is, to one version of the independent variable
  8. 18. / a method in which researches vary one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process
  9. 19. / the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
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  1. 1. variable / the outcome factor; the variable may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable
  2. 2. effect / results caused by expectations alone
  3. 4. / an integrated approach that incorporates different but complementary views from biological,psychological, and sociocultural perspectives
  4. 7. assignment / assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing any differences between them
  5. 8. / a technique for ascertain the self reported attitudes or behaviors of people, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of them
  6. 10. / an explanation using an integrated set of principals that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events
  7. 12. variable / the experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied
  8. 13. psychology / emphasized the growth potential of healthy people and the individuals potential for personal growth
  9. 16. correlation / the perception of a relationship where none exists
  10. 17. / a testable prediction, often implied by a theory