Lecture 2 (pt. 2)

Question 1

What is Inductive Reasoning:

Answer 1

Begin with specific observations and measures

Question 2

What is Deductive Reasoning:

Answer 2

Begin with thinking up a theory about the topic of interest

Question 3

What is Occam’s Razor:

Answer 3

The cutting away of the unnecessary

Question 4

What is the Barnum Effect:

Answer 4

Belief in general personality statements

Question 5

What is the Operational Definition:

Answer 5

Determining how you will measure variables in your study

Question 6

What are Levels

Answer 6

Different variations of the IV determined by the researcher

Question 7

What is the Between-Subjects Design:

Answer 7

When the IV of the participants are only tested for one level

Question 8

What is the Within-Subjects Designs

Answer 8

Where every IV of every participant is tested on every level

Question 9

What is the Explanatory Variable:

Answer 9

Potential causal variable in nonexperimental designs; also known as a predictor variable

Question 10

What is the Criterion Variable

Answer 10

The outcome variable in nonexperimental designs; also known as a response variable