Psychology Research Flashcards
1
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Can ur intuition always be right?
A
*Your intuition isn’t always right. In fact sometimes it’s exactly wrong.
2
Q
Hindsight bias
A
- also known as the i knew it all along effect
* pretty much when sometime happens right after u called it
3
Q
Operrationalizing
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Figuring out how to ask general questions about your subject and turn them into measurable, propositions
4
Q
Scientific Method steps
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- Question and a theory
- Hypothesis and testable prediction
- Test with a replicable experiment
5
Q
Case studies
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*Take an in depth look at one individual
6
Q
Can case studies be misleading why or why not?
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- Case studies can sometimes be misleading because by their nature, they can’t be replicated
7
Q
Naturalistic Observation
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- Simply watch behavior in a natural environment.
8
Q
Naturalistic Onservations
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- Are great at describing behavior,but they’re very limited in explaining it.
9
Q
Alfred Kinsey
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*survery thousands of men and women on their sexual history and published his founding as in a pair of revolutionary text, sexual behavior in human male and female respectively.
10
Q
Sampling Bias
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- Sample is collected in such way that some members of the intended population are less likely to be included than others
11
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Random sample
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- A sample in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected to represent the whole.
