Chapter 1

Question 1

hindsight bias

Answer 1

tendency to believe that we could have predicted an outcome AFTER learning the outcome

Question 2

overconfidence

Answer 2

people think they know more than they do (common sense)

Question 3

post-truth world

Answer 3

modern culture where personal beliefs` and emotions override their acceptance of objective facts/truth

Question 4

theory

Answer 4

explanation using an integrative set of principles which organizes observations and predicts behavior and events

Question 5

hypothesis

Answer 5

testable prediction

Question 6

opperational definition

Answer 6

carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used

Question 7

replication

Answer 7

repeating the essence of a research study

Question 8

descriptive research

Answer 8

systematic, objective observations about people (case studies, surveys, etc)

Question 9

correlation research

Answer 9

observation that two traits or atributes are related to each other NOT CAUSE

sci def: measure of how closely two factors vary together

Question 10

experimental research

Answer 10

focus on the possible effects of one or more factors in several ways:

1. can manipulate factors of interest to determine their effects (cause)
2. can hold other factors constant (control)