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ADHD
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occurence of certain behavioral problem 6more symptoms sic or mor symptoms of hyperactivity
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survey
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obtain information by asking many individuals to answer a fixed set of wuestioms about particular subjects
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case study
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in-depth analysis of the thought feelings beliefs experiences behaviors or problem of an individual
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experiment
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method for iding cause-effect relationships fy following a set of rules and guidlines that min. the poss of error bias and chance occurence
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testimonial
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statement insupport of a particular viewpoint based on personal experience
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self fullfilling preophecy
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sit which a person has a strog beliewf or makes a statement about a futre behavior and then acts usually unknowingly to fulfill or carry our that behavior
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placebo
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intervention taking a pill receiving an injection or undergoing an operation with no medical effect
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plecebo effect
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change inthe parient's illness that is attributed to an imagined treatment rather than to a medical treatment
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correlation
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association or relationship between the occurrence of two or more events
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correlation coefficient
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# indicates the strength of a relationship between 2 or more events closer to 1 or -1 greater teh strength
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interview
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one on one sit asking questions ranging form open ended to highly structured about a subjects behavior
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questionaire
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method for obtaining info by asking subjects to read a list of written questions and to check off or rate their preference for specific answers
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laboratory experiment
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technique gather info by studing behavior in a controlled environment permits the careful manipulation of some treatment and measurement of the treatment effects on behavior
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standardized test
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test that has been given to hundreds of people shown that it has reliablity
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animal model
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approach to studing soem human problem sit or desease by observing testing and measuring changes under approxconditions
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naturalistic setting
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relative normal envir in which researchers gather info by observing indiv behaviors without attepting to change or control the sit
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lab setting
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envir. which ind may be studied under systematic and controlled conditions thus eliminating many of the real world influences
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scientific method
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general approach to gathering information and sewering questions so that errors and biases are min.
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experiment
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identifying cause effect relationships by following a set of rules and guidelines that min the possibility of error
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hypothesis
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educated guess about some phenomenon stated inprecise concrete language so as to rele out any confusion or error in the meaning of its terms
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idependent variable
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treatment or something else that the researcher controls or manipulates
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dependent variable
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experiment one or more of the subjects behavior that are used to measure the potential effects of the treatment or IV
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random selection
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each subject in a sample population has an equal chance of being selected to participate in the exper.
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experimental group
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subjects who receive the treatment
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control group
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sub. undergo all the ame procedures as the exper. except they do not receive the treatment
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double-blind procedure
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exp. design in which neither the researchers nor the subjects know which group is receiving which treatment
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statistical procedured
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experiments procedres to determine whether differences ovserced in DV are due to IV or to error or chance occurence
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debriefing
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procedure administied to subjects after experiment to min any portential neg effects
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