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Confidence in incorrect judgements

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Overconfidence

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Knew it all along after an event has occurred

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Hindsight bias

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Actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, evaluating info

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Critical thinking

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Method of procedure that has characterized science

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Scientific method

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Explanation using integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts observation

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Theory

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Educated guess on applied theory

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Hypothesis

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Allows us to measure variables

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Operational definitions

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Repeating research study in different situations

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Replication

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Study in depth a particular animal or person. Difficult to generalize

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Case study

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General view of someone or something- hard to write

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Survey

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Tendency to overestimate to which others may share out beliefs and behaviors

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False consensus effect

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Infinite to of an area. Group of the study

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Population

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Sample that fairly represents a population- each member had equal chance of inclusion

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Random sample

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Observing in natural setting

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Naturalistic observations

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One behavior may predict another. Associated. Doesn’t equal causation

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Correlation

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Graph of two variables to reveal correlation

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Scatter plots

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Perceiving a relationship between variables when non exists

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Illusory correlation

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Scientific procurer to determine cause and effect

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Experiment

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Neither participant or researcher knows who is getting treatment vs placebo

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Double blind

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Empty treatment where patients believe they are getting the actual treatment

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Placebo effect

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Variables compared to this condition

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Control

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Assigning subjects to different treatments

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Random assignment

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Varied procedure compared to control

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Experimental

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What is being manipulated X

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Independent

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Outcome that is measured Y

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Dependent

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Number that appears the most

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Mode

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Average number of set

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Mean

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The middle of the set

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Median

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Largest # - smallest #

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Range

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How spread apart #s are on average

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Standard deviation

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Not occurring randomly

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Statistical significance

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Arts and humanities of different societies

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Culture

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Make a survey biased to get desired response

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Wording effects

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Statistical measure of a relationship. Shows the direction and strength of a relationship. Numbers closest to 1.

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Correlational coefficient

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