Fundamentals of Psychological Research and Experimentation Quiz

Narrative research focuses on storytelling rather than structured experimental designs.

The correlation coefficient quantifies the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.

The median represents the central value of a dataset, dividing it into two equal halves.

Hypotheses are testable predictions about the relationship between variables in a study.

The range indicates the extent of variability or spread within a dataset, calculated by subtracting the smallest value from the largest.

Random assignment helps distribute confounding variables equally among groups, reducing their impact on results.

The control group serves as a standard against which the effects of the experimental manipulation are compared.

Informed consent is essential for ensuring participants understand the nature of the study and give voluntary consent to participate.

Self-report measures may suffer from bias, inconsistency, or inaccurate reporting, affecting their reliability.

The Hawthorne effect refers to changes in behavior or performance due to awareness of being observed.

Experimental research allows for manipulation of variables to establish causal relationships between them.

An independent variable is manipulated by the researcher and presumed to cause changes in the dependent variable.

Double-blind procedures prevent bias by keeping both participants and experimenters unaware of group assignments.