Research Terms Crossword Puzzle

A prediction drawn from a theory
When an investigator sets up a laboratory situation that evokes the behavior of interest so that every participant has an equal opportunity to display the response.
When a observer records all instances of a particular behavior during a specified time period.
The effects of the observer on the behavior studied.
When observers are aware of the purposes of a study, they may see and record what they expect to see rather than what participants actually do.
Measures the relationship between nervous system processes and behavior
Brings together a wide range of information on one child, including interviews, observations, test scores, and sometimes neurobiological measures.
A descriptive, qualitative technique directed at understanding a culture or a distinct social group through participant observation
researchers gather information on individuals, generally in natu- ral life circumstances, and make no effort to alter their experiences. Then they look at relationships between participants’ characteristics and their behavior or development.
Type of research that permits inferences about cause and effect because researchers use an evenhanded procedure to assign people to two or more treat- ment conditions.
Type of variable that the investigator expects to cause changes in another variable.
The type of variable that the one the investigator expects to be influenced by the independent variable.
When participants are studied repeatedly at different ages, and changes are noted as they get older.