PSYC 304 FINAL: RESEARCH METHODS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Authority CORRECT ANSWER based on someone's else's language logic CORRECT ANSWER - based on reason intuition CORRECT ANSWER - a way of knowing spontaneous instinctive processes rather than on logic or reasoning - spontaneous perception or judgment not based on reasoned mental steps Variable CORRECT ANSWER - A factor that can change in an experiment with different conditions dependent variable CORRECT ANSWER The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested. Frequency CORRECT ANSWER The number of times a behavior is performed rate CORRECT ANSWER The number of times that a behavior is performed relative to time duration CORRECT ANSWER length of time something lasts Latency CORRECT ANSWER - The amount of time b/w the instruction and when the behavior is actually performed Topography CORRECT ANSWER - The shape or style of the behavior Force CORRECT ANSWER The intensity or strength of a behavior locus CORRECT ANSWER - Where the behavior occurs in the environment variable of interest CORRECT ANSWER a variable for which its role in the cause and effect of an observed relationship is not clear subject variable CORRECT ANSWER - Independent variables that the researcher does not manipulate - Ex: age, sex, iQ Confounded Variables CORRECT ANSWER Two variables are _______ if the investigator cannot separately identify their effects on the response variable. quantitative variable CORRECT ANSWER - ones that varies in amount