Chapter 1

Question 0

Overconfidence

Answer 0

Humans tend to be overconfident in themselves and others

Question 1

Hindsight Bias

Answer 1

Understandings an event easier after than you did before

I knew it all along phenomenon

Question 2

Scientific Method

Answer 2

Making observations and theories then researching them

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

The testable prediction

Question 4

Operational Definitions

Answer 4

A statement of the procedures

Question 5

Case Study

Answer 5

Researchers study an individual in depth in hope of revealing things true for all

Question 6

Survey

Answer 6

Used to study attitude, behavior, and opinions

Question 7

False Consensus Effect

Answer 7

The tendency to overestimate the extent in which others share your opinion

Question 8

Population

Answer 8

All the cases that will have a sample pulled from them

Question 9

Random Sample

Answer 9

Fairly represents a population because everybody has an equal chance of inclusion

Question 10

Naturalistic Observation

Answer 10

Studying subjects in their natural habitat so their behavior does not change

Question 11

Correlation

Answer 11

Identifying relationships between behaviors and outcomes

Question 12

Correlation Coefficient

Answer 12

Indicates the strength and direction of a relationship

Strongest, closest to positive and negative 1

Question 13

Experiment

Answer 13

Manipulating one or more factors to observe the effect on behavior or mental process

Question 14

Double Blind Procedure

Answer 14

When the research participants and the research staff do not know if the participants receive a real or placebo treatment

Question 15

Experimental Conditin

Answer 15

Group exposed to the independent variable

Question 16

Control Condition

Answer 16

The group that serves as a comparison for the experimental group

Question 17

Random Assignment

Answer 17

Assigning participants to conditions randomly to minimize the chance of predicting differences