INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES READING WK 2 CH 2

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What technique involves an in-depth study of one person?
Case Study
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Which technique involves repeatedly prompting a person under study to stop & report on their current experience?
Experience Sampling Studies
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Psychologists interested in the _____ want to discover what makes each of us unique
Idiographic Approach
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Psychologists interested in the ____ are mainly concerned with studying what we share with others.
Nomothetic Approach
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In an experiment, the ___ variable is manipulated by the experimenter
Independent
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In an experiment, the ___ variable is expected to change as a result of the experimental manipulation
Dependent
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The strength of a correlation is expressed by a number called a(n):
Correlation Coefficient
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Lizzie ran an experiment and found both variables increased at the same time. What type of correlation is this?
Positive
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Donald ran an experiment measuring height above sea level and temperature. He found that the higher you climb a mountain, the colder it gets. What type of correlation would this be?
Negative
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Lizzie finds her correlation coefficient (r) to be under zero. What type of correlation would this be?
Negative
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Correlation research determines two aspects of a relationship between variables. What are they?
Direction & strength
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