A comprehensive review of terminology for AP Psychology. Definitions are for triggering other information. (Pulled from other lists.)
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| 6616865248 | basic research | scientific investigations intended to expand the knowledge base | 0 | |
| 6616865249 | applied research | scientific investigations intended to solve practical problems | 1 | |
| 6616865250 | case study | scientific investigation in which a single subject is studied in great detail | 2 | |
| 6616865251 | control group | subjects in an experiment who do not receive application of the independent variable but are measured nonetheless for the dependent variable | 3 | |
| 6616865252 | correlation | the degree of relationship between two variables | 4 | |
| 6616865253 | correlation coefficient | a positive one near 1.0 indicates two variable are positively related; a negative number indicates a negative relationship; zero indicates no relationship | 5 | |
| 6616865255 | debriefing | giving participants in a research study a complete explanation of the study after the study is completed | 6 | |
| 6616865256 | dependent variable | the variable that the experimenter measures at the end of the experiment | 7 | |
| 6616865257 | double blind | this term describes an experiment in which neither the subjects nor the experimenter knows whether a subject is a member of the experimental group or the control group | 8 | |
| 6616865258 | experiment | form of scientific investigation in which one variable is tested to determine its effect on another | 9 | |
| 6616865259 | experimental group | subjects in an experiment to whom the independent variable is administered | 10 | |
| 6616865261 | hindsight bias | the tendency, after an event occurs, to overestimate the likelihood that an event could have been predicted | 11 | |
| 6616865262 | independent | type of variable manipulated by the experimenter | 12 | |
| 6616865263 | informed consent | agreement to participate in psychology research, after being appraised of the dangers and benefits of the research | 13 | |
| 6616865265 | mean | numerical average of a set of numbers | 14 | |
| 6616865266 | median | the middle one of a set of numbers | 15 | |
| 6616865267 | mode | the most commonly occurring term in a batch of data | 16 | |
| 6616865268 | naturalistic | term refers to observations made of individual's behavior in an everyday life setting | 17 | |
| 6616865269 | normal distribution | describes a symmetrical, bell shaped curve that shows the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes | 18 | |
| 6616865270 | operational definition | a description of an experimental variable in such a way that the variable can be measured and the procedure can be replicated | 19 | |
| 6616865271 | population | all of the individuals from which subjects for an experiment may be drawn | 20 | |
| 6616865272 | random assignment | term that describes assignment in which all subjects have an equal chance of being assigned to the control group or to the experimental group | 21 | |
| 6616865273 | scatterplot | name for a graph of data points in a two variable correlation | 22 | |
| 6616865274 | standard deviation | a computation of how much scores vary around a mean | 23 | |
| 6616865275 | theory | this organizes data and is used to make predictions | 24 | |
| 6616865276 | hypothesis | a prediction of the outcome of a study based on accumulated knowledge | 25 | |
| 6616865277 | survey | questioning of a large group of people | 26 | |
| 6616865278 | random sampling | making it so every person in the population being surveyed has a chance to be in the study | 27 | |
| 6616865279 | validity | what is being tested is tested | 28 | |
| 6616865280 | reliability | consistency in the results of study | 29 | |
| 6616865281 | confound variables | also called extraneous variables, anything that can impact the results of a study that is not the IV | 30 | |
| 6616865282 | experimenter bias | in a study, the experimenter influences the results through their behavior | 31 | |
| 6616865283 | participant bias | in a study, the subjects beliefs alter the studies results | 32 | |
| 6616865284 | hawthorne effect | peoples behavior changes when they know they know they are being watched | 33 | |
| 6616865285 | placebo | do to a belief that something will happen, it does happen | 34 |
