Psychology Final

In the context of descriptive research methods in psychology,_______ are performed mainly by clinical psychologists when, for either practical or ethical reasons, the unique aspects of an individual's life cannot be duplicated and tested with other individuals.

Case Studies

A__________ design is a type of correlation study in which variables are measured at a single point in time observations from this single measurement are compared.

Cross-sectional

a key aspect of the process of testing hypothesis is

conjecture

an educated guess that derives logically from a theory

hypothesis

A ___________ presents a standard set of questions, or items, to obtain peoples self reported attitudes or beliefs about a particular topic

Survey

In the context of psychology's scientific method, theory is defined as

a set of closely related ideas that attempts to explain observations

The first step of the scientific method in psychology involves

observing some phenomenon in the world

in the context of psychology's scientific method,the objective description of how a variable is going to be measured and observed in a particular way study is referred to as the

operational definition