Chapter 1 and 2

Question 1

__________________ are people who conduct research

Answer 1

Research producers

Question 2

_________________ are people that read about and
evaluate research findings

Answer 2

Research Consumers

Question 3

What are the 3 goals of science?

Answer 3

To describe, predict, and explain

Question 4

__________________ base their conclusions on evidence from
systematic observation

Answer 4

Empiricists

Question 5

_________________ are empiricists

Answer 5

Scientists

Question 6

A _________________ are statement that describes general
principles about how variables relate to
one another

Answer 6

Theory

Question 7

_________________ are testable predictions about
research outcomes based on theories

Answer 7

Hypothesis

Question 8

Good theories are __________________

Answer 8

Falsifiable

Question 9

Studies don’t ‘_________________’ theories

Answer 9

Prove

Question 10

Scientists are ______________, they _____________________, and they ____________________.

Answer 10

Empiricists, test theories, make their work public

Question 11

Experience has no _________________. You need for a ______________________ to know
what the outcome would have been without the intervention, event, etc.

Answer 11

Comparison group

Question 12

_____________________ are alternative explanations

Answer 12

Confounds

Question 13

_______________________________ is (often) better than experience

Answer 13

Research

Question 14

________________________ means that its findings are not expected
to explain all the cases all the time (i.e., there are exceptions).

Answer 14

Probabilistic

Question 15

Science is a safeguard against ________________________

Answer 15

Bias

Question 16

________________________ is the tendency to seek out evidence that
supports our hypotheses and denies, dismisses, or distorts evidence
that contradicts them

Answer 16

Confirmation bias