Intro Psych Vocabulary Terms Crossword

the behavior or mental process that is measured in an experiment or quasi-experiment (the effect)
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 in the experimental group 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
a graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present
the examination of data from a number of independent studies of the same subject, in order to determine overall trends
the condition that exists when the probability that the observed findings are due to chance is less than 1 in 20 according to some psychologists, or less than 1 in 100 according to those with more stringent standards