Glossary / Lexicon

Within-subjects design refers to a research design in which the different groups of scores are all obtained . . . Read More

Design stage refers to a stage in drawing in which children begin to combine shapesIn psychology, the . . . Read More

Experimental design refers to a research design in which the investigator introduces some change in the . . . Read More

Nonequivalent in the psychology context refers to groups or conditions that are not identical in terms . . . Read More

Double-blind experiment is defined as an experimental procedure in which neither the researcher nor the . . . Read More

Independant Variable: Independent variable in the psychology context refers to the variable that is manipulated . . . Read More

Control condition refers to an experimental condition, often with no treatment, used as a baselineIn . . . Read More

Expectations may refer to (1) what the investigator or the research participant anticipates about the . . . Read More

Experimental subjects refer to humans who is also referred to as participants or animals whose behavior . . . Read More

Experimental Realism refers to the degree to which the experiment absorbs and involves its participantsthe . . . Read More