Social Psychology

Which of the following distinguishes the correlational method from experimentation?

To determine whether changing one variable (like education) will produce changes in another (like income), we need to conduct ___________________________ research.

"Random assignment" means that each person taking part in an experiment must

An experiment has mundane realism if

An experiment which absorbs and involves its participants has

Ou would like to know the relationship between the number of psychology courses people take and their interpersonal sensitivity. You survey college students to determine how much psychology they have taken, and ask them to complete a test of social sensitivity. Finally you plot the relationship. This is an example of a

Which of the following research methods would be most effective in demonstrating that the presence of others improves our performance of a task?

A correlation between a high degree of wealth and a low likelihood of being involved in criminal activity would indicate that

_____ leads to a hypothesis

General to Specific

Specific to General

___extent to which 2 or more variable are associated with one

Manipulation of one factor to see how it effects another

Example of Correlational

The participants in many psychological experiments are _____ _______, which limits our ability to generalize laboratory results to everyday life.