Biopsychology

• What is an Independent Variable?

  The variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment.
• What is a Dependent Variable?

  The variable that is being measured or observed in an experiment.
• What are three types of experimental design?

  • Independent group
  • Repeated measures
  • Match pairs
• What are two types of research in psychology?

  Experimental and non-experimental

  • Experimental is more specific - finding the difference between two or more conditions
• What are three measures of central tendencies? (Descriptive statistics)

  • Median
  • Mode
  • Mean
• What is one measure of dispersion?

  Range