Intro Psychology Vocab Term Crossword Puzzle

The behavior or mental process that is measured in an experiment or quasi-experiment
Choosing of members of a population so that every individual has an equal chance of being chosen to participate in a study
The factor the researcher manipulates in a controlled experiment (the cause)
A physical or psychological treatment given to the control group that resembles the treatment given to the experimental group, but that contains no active ingredient
Factors that cause differences between the experimental group and the control group other than the independent variable
A description of the specific procedure used to determine the presence of a variable
Research design in which participants don't know whether they are the experimental or control group
Clues participants discover about the purpose of the study that suggest how they should respond
Consistency or repeatability of results
The extent to which an instrument measures or predicts what it is supposed to measure or predict
Measures the average difference between each score and the mean of the data set
Illustrates strength and direction of correlations; paired X and Y scores for each subject are plotted as single points on a graph
Provides a way of statistically combining the results of individual research studies to reach an overall conclusion
The condition that exists when the probability that the observed findings are due to chance is less than 1 in 20 (p<.05) according to some psychologists, or less than 1 in 100 (p<.01) according to those with more stringent standards