AP Psychology Exam Review 2 Flashcards
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Random selected students from a school, are considered to be a…
Population
A study where both participants and conductors are blind
The double blind study
What is the mean of people that will score between 85 and 115
68%
The hindsight bias refers to people’s tendency to..
Exaggerate their ability to have foreseen the outcome of past events
If college graduates typically earn more money than high school graduates, this would indicate that level of education and income are…
Positively correlated
Illusory correlation
A perceived but nonexistent correlation
Psychologists who carefully watch the behavior of chimpanzee societies in the jungle are using a research, methods known as…
Naturalistic observation
Empirical approach
Basing decisions or conclusions on observable evidence
Range
The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution
Correlational research is most useful for purposes of..
Prediction
Operational definition
A specification of the procedures used to measure a variable
How do you know which is a stronger correlation coefficient
Farthest away from zero
A researcher who publishes the results of a case study might me worried about violating which ethical principle of human experimentation
Confidentiality
A researcher interested in investigating that attitudes or opinions of a large sample of people I’d most likely to use which research method
Survey
To reduce bias in a sample, what can one do
Random assignment
Mean
The arithmetic average of a distribution of scores
If I conduct an expeiement without someone’s permission which ethical principle have I violated
Informed consent
A researcher interested in proving a cause and effect relationship between two variables should choose which research method
Experiment
Why is replication important to science
Repeated research with similar results increases confidence in the reliability of the original finding
The process of replication is most likely to be facilitated by..
Operational definitions
In an experiment designed to study the effectiveness of a new drug, research participants who receive a placebo are participating in the … Condition
Control
A researcher who deceives participants about the goals of the research needs to fully inform them of the true nature of the study later according to which ethical principle
Debriefing
Which research method is typically used to examine one participant in depth, usually because the individual’s situation I’d rate or unusual
Case study
