Scientific Experiment

Double blind design

Double blind design

________: neither researchers nor participants know who received the substance being evaluated until after the data is tabulated.

Principle

________: more concrete concepts, but they dont explain the broad subject (more specific than theories)

Placebo effect

________: when you truly believe youll get better /cured, you do.

Variables

________: changeable element of an experiment.

Hypothesis

________: a proposed explanation for a scientific phenomenon.

Theory

________: a more thoroughly tested and accepted hypothesis>- best explanation we have out of all other explanations.

Placebo

________: inert substance resembling treatment given to the experimental group.

experimental group

Controls: provides a basis for comparison to the ________.

application of science

The ________ for practical purposes is called technology.

scientific info

The role of society is to use ________ to make informed decisions about the use of technology.

Science

________ is impartial and does not make ethical or moral judgements.

Hypothesis

________: your educated guess of what it is youre observing-> the more knowledge you have of a particular phenomenon the better your hypothesis.

Hypothesis

your educated guess of what it is youre observing -> the more knowledge you have of a particular phenomenon the better your hypothesis

The conclusion only has one statement

either support or reject your hypothesis

Hypothesis

a proposed explanation for a scientific phenomenon

Theory

a more thoroughly tested and accepted hypothesis-> best explanation we have out of all other explanations

Principle

more concrete concepts, but they dont explain the broad subject (more specific than theories)

Law

description of a phenomenon

Variables

changeable element of an experiment

Independent variable

manipulated variable

Dependent variable

shows response

Standardized variables

held constant for all subjects

Placebo effect

when you truly believe youll get better/cured, you do

Controls

provides a basis for comparison to the experimental group

Placebo

inert substance resembling treatment given to the experimental group

Double blind design

neither researchers nor participants know who received the substance being evaluated until after the data is tabulated