Ch 2: Sources of Info

Question 1

comparison group

Answer 1

a group in an experiment whose levels on the independent variable differ from those of the treatment group in some intended and meaningful way

Question 2

confederate

Answer 2

an actor who is directed by the researcher to play a specific role in a research study

Question 3

confirmatory hypothesis testing

Answer 3

the tendency to ask only the questions that will lead to the expected answer

Question 4

confound

Answer 4

a potential alternative explanation for a research finding

Question 5

empirical journal articles

Answer 5

a scholarly article that reports for the first time the results of a research study

Question 6

pop-up principle/availability heuristic

Answer 6

the tendency to rely predominantly on evidence that easily comes to mind rather than use all possible evidence in evaluating some conclusion

Question 7

present/present bias

Answer 7

the tendency to rely only on what is present and ignore what is absent when evaluating the evidence for a conclusion

Question 8

probabilistic

Answer 8

a description of the empirical method, stating that science is intended to explain a certain proportion (but nor necessarily all) of the possible cases

Question 9

review journal article

Answer 9

an article summarizing all the studies that have been done in one research area