Exam 3: Biological Bases of Behaviour

To get a rough idea of whether there is a relationship between two variables, you could plot the results using:

Identify the way in which qualitative analysis differs from quantitative analysis:

Anxiety-toned concern felt by participants to perform well and please the experimenter is called:

The validity of the research findings outside the research situation is known as:

One weakness of a questionnaire compared to an interview is that:

An experimental design that uses different participants in each group is called a(n):

The use of an artificial situation that closely resembles a natural situation is known as:

The testable prediction generated by a theory is known as the:

The best way to get a representative sample from the population is to use a(n):

The most frequently occurring score of a set of numbers (e.g., 3,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,8) is called the:

A variable that must be controlled because it may get in the way of the link between the independent and dependent variable is called a:

A score worked out by dividing the total of all participant scores by the number of participants is known as the:

An experimental design that pairs participants across conditions according to a variable such as sex or IQ is called a(n):

Selecting participants on the basis of their availability is known as:

The allocation of participants to conditions on a random basis is called:

A correlational score of -1.00 would be:

Order effects are a problem when using:

The part of the experiment that is directly manipulated by the experimenter is known as the:

An association found between two variables is known as a:

Repeating the findings obtained from an experiment is known as: