Psyc 3000 Test

Front 1

The antecedent condition manipulated is refered to as

Back 1

the independent var.

Front 2

List 3 ways for acheving variaton

Back 2

Presence vs Absence
Amount of a varible
Type of a var.

Front 3

what does the dependent var do

Back 3

it measures the influence of experimental manipulation

Front 4

2 ways to experimentally manipulate the I.var are

Back 4

events and instructions

Front 5

3 methods to reduce participant error

Back 5

assess the DV outside the experimental setting

use confederates

assess behavior of significance to subject

Front 6

define individual difference

Back 6

trait on which people differ :
hair eye color
hight
divorce

Front 7

define:
experimental validity
and
experimental reliability

Back 7

exp. validity
referes to the question are the infrences made from empirical study valid?

exp. reliability
refers to consistency, stability, or repeatability of the results of an experiment

Front 8

what does the split-half measure

Back 8

it measure the reliability of 2 test halves

Front 9

list 3 ways to insure experimental validity

Back 9

statistical conclusion validity
extent we an infer that IV and DV covar. a certian increase in the IV causes a certian increase in the DV

construct validity
the extent to which we can infer high order construsts from the operations we use to represent them.

internal validity
did the IV cause the effect observed on the DV.

Front 10

experimenter effects threaten which validity

Back 10

construct validity

Front 11

define external validity and name four threats to it

Back 11

external validity
validity of the inference about whether the casual relationship holds over people settings and time