PSY 120 EXAM 1 Questions With Complete Solutions

double blind study correct answer: neither the researchers nor the subject know condition (placebo) confirmation bias correct answer: how convenient the facts fit your views within vs. between subjects correct answer: within is when using same person between is when using different person internal validity correct answer: that the experiment was well controlled external validity correct answer: that the experiment applies to the real world positive correlation correct answer: when both numbers goes down or both numbers goes up negative correlation correct answer: it has one number goes up and other number goes down experimental studies correct answer: all about manipulation -hypothesis test causation -variables - literally "things that vary" - independent (what you change) -dependent (what you measure) -operationalize variables - making a psychological construct measurable. -lab based or field experiments correlation correct answer: -describes a relation between two variables in the real world -supportive parents are linked to good behavior -correlation doesn't equal causation can't know direction of relation. hypothesis correct answer: generate predictions about the world meta analysis correct answer: a