Psychology Chapter 8 Vocabulary

Studying a small group or individual in great depth

Observing behavior in its natural environment

Mental processes involved in gaining knowledge-thinking, remembering, judging, etc

Participants are unaware of which participants receive treatment

Small group from population, must represent population or it will be biased

Randomly sampled people of different ages

Direction and strength of the relationship between 2 variables

Covers the same group over a period of years to analyze data

Sugar pill with no real medicine

Examination of one's conscious thoughts and feelings

Educated guess

Method in which you poll many people