PSYCH 1F03- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 56 pages long!)
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Control group - does not receive manipulation: differences between groups should be minimal, differ only in independent variable, difference must be due to independent variable, within-subjects designs ensure similarity between experimental groups. Double blind studies: experiments in which either the experimenter nor the participants know which group each participant belong to. Chapter 2: research methods in psychology january 12th, 2017. Anecdotal evidence: information evidence gathered from others or from one"s own experiences. Case study: an in-depth investigation of an individual person or a small group of people, often over an extended period of time. Constant: a feature or quality that always takes the same value across all situations. Construct validity: the extent to which there is evidence that a test measures a particular hypothetical construct. Control group: a group of individuals designed to serve as an accurate comparison in an experiment. Correlation: a measure of the strength of the relationship between two variables.
