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Confounds |
Factors that undermine the ability to draw causal inferences from an experiment. |
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Correlation |
Measures the association between two variables, or how they go together. |
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Dependent variable |
The variable the researcher measures but does not manipulate in an experiment. |
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Experimenter expectations |
When the experimenter’s expectations influence the outcome of a study. |
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Independent variable |
The variable the researcher manipulates and controls in an experiment. |
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Longitudinal study |
A study that follows the same group of individuals over time. |
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Operational definitions |
How researchers specifically measure a concept. |
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Participant demand |
When participants behave in a way that they think the experimenter wants them to behave. |
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Placebo effect |
When receiving special treatment or something new affects human behavior. |
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Quasi-experimental design |
An experiment that does not require random assignment to conditions. |
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Random assignment |
Assigning participants to receive different conditions of an experiment by chance. |
