Psych Ch. 2 Final

• research method where data is collected about a group of participants over a number of yrs
• used to asses how certain characteristics change/remain the same during development

• research method where data is collected from groups of participants of different ages
• these are compared to draw conclusions about differences due to age

measure of a relationship between two varibles/sets of data

variable that is changed/altered to observe its effects

varible that changes in relation to the independent varibale

the group that an independent variable is applied to

group treated the same way as the experimental group except the experimental treatment(I.V.) is not applied

situation in which a researcher's expectations influence that person's own behavior, thereby influencing the participant's behavior

• Study on how to increase worker productivity
• at General Electric plant in Hawthorne, Illinois
• productivity increased no matter what they did- the workers realized they were recieving special attention which motivated them to work harder

where the participants are unaware of which partivipants recieved the treatment

where the experimenter and the participants do not know which participants recieved which treatment

Stanley Milgram wanted to see if participants would give painful shocks to others merely because an authority figure had instructed them to do so

change in participant's illness/behavior resulting from a belief that the treatment will have an effect, rather than the actual treatment

the average

middle (ex. Score)

most frequent (ex. Score)