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Longitudinal study
- 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
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Cross-sectional study
- research method where data is collected from groups of participants of different ages
- these are compared to draw conclusions about differences due to age
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Correlation
measure of a relationship between two varibles/sets of data
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Independent varible
variable that is changed/altered to observe its effects
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Dependent variable
varible that changes in relation to the independent varibale
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Experimental group
the group that an independent variable is applied to
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Control group
group treated the same way as the experimental group except the experimental treatment(I.V.) is not applied
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Self-fulfilling prophecy
situation in which a researcher's expectations influence that person's own behavior, thereby influencing the participant's behavior
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Hawthorne Study
- 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
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Single-blind experiment
where the participants are unaware of which partivipants recieved the treatment
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Double-blind experiment
where the experimenter and the participants do not know which participants recieved which treatment
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Milgram Experiment
Stanley Milgram wanted to see if participants would give painful shocks to others merely because an authority figure had instructed them to do so
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Placebo effect
change in participant's illness/behavior resulting from a belief that the treatment will have an effect, rather than the actual treatment
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Median
middle (ex. Score)
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Mode
most frequent (ex. Score)
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