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Unit 2 Test Flashcards

1
Q

“I knew it all along” phenomenon

A

Hindsight Bias

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2
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Thinking you know more than you do.

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Overconfidence

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3
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Hindsight bias, overconfidence, and eagerness to perceive patterns in random events leads us to overestimate the weight of our _______

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Common sense thinking

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4
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What is included in the scientific attitude?

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Curiosity
Skepticism
Humility

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5
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Just a hunch

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Theory

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6
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A testable prediction

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Hypothesis

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7
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Define: operational definitions

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Carefully worded statements of the exact procedures used in a research study. (This is so others can replicate it)

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8
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Repeating a study with different participants, materials, and circumstances

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Replication

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9
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A good theory…

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Leads to a clear hypothesis
Organizes observations
Stimulates further research that leads to a revised theory

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10
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Scientific Method

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Theory ➡️ Hypothesis ➡️ Research and Observations

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11
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In-depth analysis of an individual (hopes to reveal universal principles)

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Case Study

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12
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Observing and recording natural behavior WITHOUT trying to manipulate or control the situation.
DESCRIBES behavior.

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Naturalistic Observation

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13
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Research method that has participants self-report attitudes, behaviors, and opinions/beliefs.

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Survey

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14
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Questions in a survey must be carefully worded.
Ex. “Do you believe in aliens?” vs “Do you believe there is intelligent life in the universe?”

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Wording Effect

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15
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Sampling process that produces an under-representative sample

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Sampling bias

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16
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The whole group you want to study and describe

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Population

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17
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A sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of being selected

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Random sample

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18
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Are large representative samples or small representative samples better?

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Large

19
Q

Relationship between 2 factors (how well one predicts the other)
Prediction, never causation

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Correlation

20
Q

|
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|____________

+ + OR - -

+1.00

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Positive correlation

21
Q

+ -

-1.00

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|______________

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Negative Correlation

22
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0.05 - 0

* *
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|______________

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Chance, no correlation

23
Q

Perceiving a correlation where one doesn’t exist

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Illusory correlation

24
Q

After an unusual event, thing tend to return to their average level

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Regression towards the mean

25
Q

Research method where a variable is manipulated

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Experiment

26
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Group exposed to the treatment

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Experimental group

27
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Group that does not receive treatment

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Control group

28
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Assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance

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Random assignment

29
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Procedure where neither the participants nor the researchers know who has received the treatment

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Double-blind procedure

30
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Variable being manipulated

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Independent variable

31
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Factors (other than the one being studied) that can effect the results of a study

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Confounding variables

32
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Variable that changes based on the independent variable

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Dependent variable

33
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An experiment has _________ if it tests or measures what it was supposed to

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Validity

34
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True or False: Behavior depends on culture

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True

35
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Genders tend to have more __________ than ____________

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Similarities than differences

36
Q

Research on animals must be ________
Reasons: tests medicine, helps us understand human psychology

A

Ethical

37
Q

Ethics Codes of the APA

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Informed Consent (can’t force people)
Protect from harm/discomfort
Maintain confidentiality
Debrief (explain experiment afterwards)
Deception (can’t give false info to participants)
Right to withdraw (can leave experiment at any time)

38
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Numerical data used to measure/describe characteristics

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Descriptive Statistics

39
Q

Erasures how central scores are
Deals with the MEAN

A

Central Tendency

40
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Range difference between highest and lowest score
Deals with STANDARD DEVIATION (how much scores vary around the mean)

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Variability

41
Q

Data that allows you to generalize

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Inferential statistics

42
Q

Define: Statistical Significance

A

How likely it is that an obtained result occurred by CHANCE

43
Q

Scores often form a ________ curve

A

Normal

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