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| Placebo | A "medicine" that has no active ingredients & works by the power of suggestion. |
| Interview | A research method that involves studying people face to face & asking questions. |
| Experimental Group | The group on which the critical part of the experiment is performed. |
| Hypothesis | A statement of the results that the experimenter expects; an educated guess as to what the results will be. |
| Psychological Tests | Observation & measurement of the subject using objective measures (as opposed to an interview). |
| Survey | A method of research using questions on feelings, opinions, or behavior patterns asked of a large group of people. |
| Variables | a factor that changes in an experiment. |
| Independent Variable | The factor that the experimenter manipulates or changes in a study. |
| Sample | A group that represents a larger group. |
| Field Experiment | Research that takes place outside the lab. |
| Double-Blind Study | A study during which neither participants nor researchers know to which group any subject belongs. |
| Case Study Method | Research that collects information about a person's background, usually for psychological treatment. |
| Control Group | The group that does not participate in the critical part of the experiment. |
| Subjects | People or animals on whom the experiment is conducted. |
| Cross-Sectional Method | A method of research that looks at different age groups at the same time in order to understand changes that occur during the life span. |
| Naturalistic Observation | A research method that involves studying subjects without their being aware of being watched. |
| Dependent Variable | The factor in a study that changes or varies as a result of changes in the independent variable. |
| Longitudinal Method | A method of research that studies the same group of people over an extended period of time. |
| Hawthorne Effect | The mere act of observing/studying something can alter it. |
| Goals of Psychology | To observe, describe, understand, predict and modify (control) behavior. |
| Placebo Effect | The phenomenon that a patient's symptoms can be alleviated by an otherwise ineffective treatment, since the individual expects or believes that it will work. |
