Psychology Research Methods - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. After completing the research, the true aim is revealed to the participant.
   Debriefing
2. A study in which a number of similar people are randomly assigned to 2 (or more) groups to test a specific drug, treatment or other intervention.
   Randomised Control Trial
3. a measure of the extent to which two variables are related
   Correlation
4. When the same participant will get the same result on a test on multiple occasions
   Test-retest reliability
5. a formal statement or prediction of what the researcher expects to find. It needs to be testable.
   Hypothesis
6. where a researcher tells the participants that they are being observed and what they are being observed for.
   Overt observation
7. An experimental design where each participants only takes part in one condition of the IV
   Independent groups
8. When a test or experiment accurately measures what it intends to measure
   Validity
9. When neither the experimenter nor the participants are aware of which experimental group they are assigned to
   Double-blind
10. When the positioning of tasks influences the outcome
    Order effects
11. A group that is treated normally and gives us a measure of how people behave when they are not exposed to the experimental treatment
    Control group
12. characteristics of participants that may unintentionally influence how they respond to the DV e.g. age, gender
    Participant variables
13. A group that is not subjected to the IV in a experiment
    Control group
14. A fake (or dummy) treatment given to patients in the control group of a clinical trial.
    Placebo
15. Where each participant is assigned to more than one condition of the IV
    Repeated measures
16. a decline in performance on a prolonged or demanding research task that is generally attributed to the participant becoming tired or bored with the task.
    Fatigue Effects
17. An in depth investigation into only one person or situation
    Case study
18. A technique where rather than conducting new research with participants, the researchers examine the results of several studies that have already been conducted
    Meta-analysis
19. When participants are given all the necessary information about an experiment before agreeing to take part
    Informed consent
20. The variable that the experimenter manipulates
    Independent variable
21. When two observers/experimenters give consistent ratings for the same participants.
    Inter-rater reliability
22. A 5 point scale that is used to assess attitudes and views. e.g. to what extent do you agree...
    Likert Scale
23. An experiment conducted under highly controlled conditions to investigate cause and effect
    Laboratory Experiment
24. A sampling technique where participants are chosen because they are easily available
    Opportunity sample
25. An arrangement of a data that is symmetrical and forms a bell shaped pattern where the mean, median and mode all fall in the centre at the highest peak
    Normal distribution
26. Where experimenters/observers rate behaviour differently due to having a desired outcome
    Observer bias
27. Research that generates numerical data or data that can be converted into numbers.
    Quantitative research
28. When participants try to guess the true purpose of an experiment and behave in a way they believe the experimenters want
    Demand characteristics
29. the tendency for survey respondents to agree with research statements, without the action being a true reflection of their own position or the question itself
    Acquiescence bias
30. The extent to which the findings of a research study are able to be generalized to real-life settings
    Ecological validity
31. There are equal groups where participants are matched based on certain characteristics e.g. gender, age…etc
    Matched-pairs
32. Research that generates non-numerical data, such as a person's description of their pain rather than a measure of pain.
    Qualitative research
33. Variables that if not controlled may affect the DV and provide a false impression than an IV has produced changes when it hasn’t.
    Extraneous variables
34. The variable that is measured
    Dependent variable
35. When your analysis suggests the results of a study it is highly unlikely to have occurred by chance
    Statistically significant