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APA

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American Psychology Association

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Confounding

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a state that occurs when two or more variables are intertwined in such a way that conclusions about either one alone cannot be made

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Control

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any of a number of research procedures taht eliminate the possibility that unwanted variables cause the results

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Control group

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a comparison group in an experiment; often a group that did not recieve the treatment or interest

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Correlational research

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research experiement designed to understand the association between 2 variables

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Dependent variable

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variable that changes as a result of manipulating the independent variable

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Describe

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explain in detail what the subject of an experiment or problem is

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Experimental method

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a research design in which subjects are randomly assigned to conditions or treatments created by the researcher

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Explain

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what do the results of an experiment say about the research question

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External validity

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the generalizability of an experiment, how easily can this apply to other organizations and circumstances

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Extraneous variables

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undesirable variables that influence the relationship between the variables that an experimenter is examining

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Field setting

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a research setting in which behavior naturally occurs

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Hawthorne effect

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Study results that are produced by the subjects' knowledge that they are research participants

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Human relations movement

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concerned with understanding behavior and enhancing the well-being of employees in the workplace

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Hypothesis

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researcher's best guess at the outcome of an experiment

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Independent variable

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the variable in an experiment that is manupulated by the researcher

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Industrial psychology

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older branch of the field that tends to take a management perspective of organizational efficiency through the appropriate use of human resources or people

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Industrial/organizational psychology

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an applied branch of psychology that is concerned with understanding people in organizations

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Informed consent

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explaination to the test subject before he or she agrees to participate

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Internal validity

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how well an experiment is done, especially whether it avoids confounding (more than one possible independent variable [cause] acting at the same time)

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Laboratory setting

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a research setting in which the behavior of interest does not occur naturally.

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Meta-analysis

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a mathematical summary of the results of several samples or studies of the same phenomenon.

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Operationalization

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process of defining the measurement of a phenomenon that is not directly measurable

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Organizational psychology

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concerned with understanding behavior and enhancing the well-being of employees in the workplace

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Predict

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making a guess at the results of an experiement

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Psychology

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the study of the mind and behavior

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Quasi-experiment

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a research design that has some but not all of the features of a true experiment. For example there might not be random assignment of subjects to conditions

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Random Assignment

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placing subjects into treatment conditions in an experiment so that each subject has an equal change of being in each condition

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Random sampling

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choosing subjects for a study so that every possible subject has an equal change of participating

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Reliability

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the consistency of a measure; how well scores for the same subject are replicable across repeated measurements of the same variable

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Research design

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the structure of a research study

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Scientific management

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the application of scientific principles to managing people's job performance; developed by frederick winslow taylor

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SIOP

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division of the APA that is he worlds largest association of I/O psychologists.

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Theory

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an idea backed with studies and research

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Time-and-motion studies

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an analysis of task performance involving the observation and timing of subject motions. the purpose is to determine ways to eliminate or modify motions to make performance more efficient

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Treatment group

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the group in a comparitive study that recieves the manipulation of the independent variable

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Validity

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the interpretation given to the meaning of a measure