"Experimental psychology refers to work done by those who apply experimental methods to psychological study and the underlying processes."
It involves the scientific study of behavior and the underlying physiological and psychological processes.
Scientific Method: A process of inquiry that is used to test hypotheses through the formulation and testing of empirical predictions involving reliable and valid data.
Research Design: The overall plan or strategy chosen to answer a specific research question, which includes the selection of participants, measures, procedures, and data analysis techniques.
Independent Variable: A variable in an experiment that is manipulated by the researcher to determine its effect on the dependent variable.
Dependent Variable: A variable in an experiment that is measured to see if it is influenced by the independent variable.
Experimental Control: The ability to regulate extraneous variables and confounding factors that can impact the outcome of an experiment.
Randomization: The process of randomly assigning participants to different experimental conditions to control for participant characteristics that could affect the outcome of an experiment.
Sampling Methods: Techniques used to select a representative sample of participants from a larger population.
Measurement: The process of assigning numbers or scores to represent certain attributes or qualities such as attitudes, emotions, or behaviors.
Validity: The extent to which a measurement tool or experimental design is measuring what it is intended to measure.
Reliability: The extent to which a measurement tool or experimental design produces consistent results over time or across different researchers.
Experimental Bias: The tendency of researchers to influence the outcomes of an experiment based on their own expectations or preferences.
Ethical Considerations: Issues related to the treatment of participants in research studies, such as informed consent, confidentiality, and debriefing.
Hypothesis Testing: The process of using statistics to determine the likelihood that the results of an experiment are due to chance or actual differences between groups.
Experimental Designs: The various types of experimental designs such as within-subjects, between-subjects, and mixed designs.
Data Analysis: The process of using statistical methods to analyze and interpret data collected from an experiment or research study.
"Experimental psychologists employ human participants and animal subjects to study a great many topics..."
"...including (among others) sensation, perception, memory, cognition, learning, motivation, emotion; developmental processes, social psychology, and the neural substrates of all of these."
"Experimental psychologists employ human participants... to study a great many topics..."
"Experimental psychologists employ animal subjects... to study a great many topics..."
"...sensation, perception, memory, cognition, learning, motivation, emotion, developmental processes, social psychology, and the neural substrates of all of these."
"Experimental psychologists study sensation..."
"Experimental psychologists study perception..."
"Experimental psychologists study memory..."
"Experimental psychologists study cognition..."
"Experimental psychologists study learning..."
"Experimental psychologists study motivation..."
"Experimental psychologists study emotion..."
"Experimental psychologists study developmental processes..."
"Experimental psychologists study social psychology..."
"Experimental psychologists study the neural substrates..."
"Experimental psychologists employ human participants and animal subjects..."
"Experimental psychologists apply experimental methods..."
"...a great many topics..."
"...to study the underlying processes."