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. The variable that is measured
   Dependent variable
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. When participants try to guess the true purpose of an experiment and behave in a way they believe the experimenters want
   Demand characteristics
7. An in depth investigation into only one person or situation
   Case study
8. The extent to which the findings of a research study are able to be generalized to real-life settings
   Ecological validity
9. When a test or experiment accurately measures what it intends to measure
   Validity
10. When participants are given all the necessary information about an experiment before agreeing to take part
    Informed consent
11. A 5 point scale that is used to assess attitudes and views. e.g. to what extent do you agree...
    Likert Scale
12. A group that is not subjected to the IV in a experiment
    Control group
13. When neither the experimenter nor the participants are aware of which experimental group they are assigned to
    Double-blind
14. 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
15. An experiment conducted under highly controlled conditions to investigate cause and effect
    Laboratory Experiment
16. A sampling technique where participants are chosen because they are easily available
    Opportunity sample
17. 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
18. where a researcher tells the participants that they are being observed and what they are being observed for.
    Overt observation
19. Research that generates non-numerical data, such as a person's description of their pain rather than a measure of pain.
    Qualitative research
20. characteristics of participants that may unintentionally influence how they respond to the DV e.g. age, gender
    Participant variables
21. The variable that the experimenter manipulates
    Independent variable
22. When two observers/experimenters give consistent ratings for the same participants.
    Inter-rater reliability
23. When your analysis suggests the results of a study it is highly unlikely to have occurred by chance
    Statistically significant
24. When the same participant will get the same result on a test on multiple occasions
    Test-retest reliability
25. There are equal groups where participants are matched based on certain characteristics e.g. gender, age…etc
    Matched-pairs
26. An experimental design where each participants only takes part in one condition of the IV
    Independent groups
27. Where each participant is assigned to more than one condition of the IV
    Repeated measures
28. 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
29. Where experimenters/observers rate behaviour differently due to having a desired outcome
    Observer bias
30. When the positioning of tasks influences the outcome
    Order effects
31. 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
32. Research that generates numerical data or data that can be converted into numbers.
    Quantitative research
33. A fake (or dummy) treatment given to patients in the control group of a clinical trial.
    Placebo
34. a formal statement or prediction of what the researcher expects to find. It needs to be testable.
    Hypothesis
35. a measure of the extent to which two variables are related
    Correlation