Topics: Psychology Vocabulary Quiz
a simulated or otherwise medically ineffectual (fake) treatment for a disease or other medical condition intended to deceive the recipient. Often given to the control group in an experiment.
A. Scatterplot
B. Placebo effect
C. Skewed distribution
D. Placebo
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a statement of procedures (operations) used to define research variables. For example, human intelligence may be operationally defined as what an intelligence test measures. The operational definition must explain how the variable will be measured.
A. Debrief
B. Operational definitions
C. Experiment