Experimental psychology

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branch of psychology research methodology in psychology scientific discipline

Experimental psychology is a branch of psychology that uses controlled scientific experiments to study mental processes and behavior.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of psychology ⓘ research methodology in psychology ⓘ scientific discipline ⓘ
aimsTo	develop generalizable laws of behavior ⓘ establish cause-and-effect relationships ⓘ test psychological theories ⓘ
appliedIn	clinical psychology ⓘ educational psychology ⓘ industrial-organizational psychology ⓘ
developedIn	late 19th century ⓘ
employsConcept	control group ⓘ dependent variable ⓘ experimental control ⓘ experimental group ⓘ independent variable ⓘ operational definition ⓘ reliability ⓘ statistical inference ⓘ validity ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	psychology ⓘ
hasSubfield	experimental cognitive psychology ⓘ experimental developmental psychology ⓘ experimental social psychology ⓘ
historicalFigure	B. F. Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward B. Titchener NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Ebbinghaus NERFINISHED ⓘ John B. Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Wundt NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedIn	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	cognitive psychology ⓘ developmental psychology ⓘ neuropsychology ⓘ social psychology ⓘ
studies	attention ⓘ behavior ⓘ cognition ⓘ emotion ⓘ learning ⓘ memory ⓘ mental processes ⓘ motivation ⓘ perception ⓘ
usesMethod	controlled experiments ⓘ hypothesis testing ⓘ laboratory experiments ⓘ manipulation of variables ⓘ random assignment ⓘ
usesTool	computer-based tasks ⓘ physiological recording devices ⓘ psychological tests ⓘ questionnaires ⓘ reaction time measures ⓘ

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