PSY 205 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Operational Definition, Naturalistic Observation

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Shannon Houck

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Section 2. 1, goals of the scientific enterprise. Chapter 2 quiz study guide: measurement, understanding and prediction, application and control, hypothesis vs. theory, be able to identify these from an example. Theory: a system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations. Operational definition: describes the actions operations that will be used to measure or control a variable what is meant by each variable: advantages of a scientific approach, section 2. 2, experiment. Independent and dependent variables: be able to identify these if given an example. Independent variable: what is being manipulated; changed in the experiment; what you are testing. Dependent variable: what is being measured; depends on the independent variable: experimental group and control groups, be able to identify these if given an example. Experimental groups: subjects who receive some treatment (independent variable) Co(cid:374)trol groups: si(cid:373)ilar su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts (cid:449)ho do(cid:374)"t re(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: random assignment.