Class:Research Methods of Psychology

Prompt:

• Answer the questions w/ .
• Do NOT use ChatGPT/AI Software to answer the questions, or you will be REPORTED!
• GO INTO DETAIL! (In these questions, MAKE connections to personal experiences, current events, examples of this you note in the real world.APPLY the concept, or critiques the concept in a creative way, or how it might impact some people or groups different.)
• (+ Paragraphs for EACH question)

Questions:

1. What are the key components of an experiment?
2. What is an independent variable?
3. What is a dependent variable?
4. What are between subjects experiments? How do IVs work in these studies?
5. What is operationalization?
6. What is random assignment in between subjects experiments?
7. Why do we do random assignment (i.e., what is the purpose and benefit?)
8. In a between subjects experiment, do we measure the DV (A) Before and after introducing the IV OR (B) just after the IV? Why do we do t?