Unit 2

Question 1

Case Study

Answer 1

a technique in which one person studied in depth to reveal underlying behaviors or principles

Question 2

Control Condition

Answer 2

a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

Question 3

Correlation

Answer 3

a measure of how closely one thing is related to another

Question 4

Dependent Variable

Answer 4

may change in response to an independent variable

Question 5

Double - Blind Procedure

Answer 5

both researcher and patient are ignorant about whether or not they are receiving the drug or the placebo

Question 6

Experiment

Answer 6

investigator manipulates one or more variables

Question 7

Experimental Condition

Answer 7

the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable’s effect by comparison with a control condition

Question 8

False Consensus Effect

Answer 8

a tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors

Question 9

Hindsight Bias

Answer 9

“I knew it all along”

Question 10

Hypothesis

Answer 10

a testable prediction, often prompted by a theory, to enable us to accept, reject, or revise the theory

Question 11

Illusory Correlation

Answer 11

the perception of a relationship where no relationship actually exists

Question 12

Independent Variable

Answer 12

factor manipulated by the experimenter (focus of the study)

Question 13

Mean

Answer 13

the average

Question 14

Median

Answer 14

Denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities

Question 15

Mode

Answer 15

value that appears the most