chapter 1 - intro

Question 1

what is a meta-analysis?

Answer 1

statistics tequnique that combines research from independent studies and draws conclusions from all of them.

Question 2

nativist

Answer 2

person who belives that children have innate knowledge.

Question 3

empiricist

Answer 3

person who thinks that children innatley have learning mechanisms that allow them to learn lots quickley.

Question 4

amygdala

Answer 4

part of the brain responsible for emotional responses.

Question 5

scientific method

Answer 5

the idea that ideas are false until proven.

Question 6

5 steps to the scientific method

Answer 6

1) choose a question
2) form hypothesis
3) find a method to test this hypothesis
4) find conclusion
5) what are the implications?

Question 7

interrater reliability

Answer 7

the amount of agreement between researchers on a topic

Question 8

test-retest reliability

Answer 8

if a persons tests results stay accurate over time

Question 9

internal validity

Answer 9

the degree to which results come from what the researcher intended

Question 10

external validity

Answer 10

the degree to which findings can be attributed to external sources.

Question 11

correlational design

Answer 11

determines how two variables are related to eachother

Question 12

experimental group

Answer 12

the group being manipulated

Question 13

control group

Answer 13

the group not manipulated

Question 14

independent variable

Answer 14

the thing you are manipulating

Question 15

dependent variable

Answer 15

behavior attributed to the independent variable

Question 16

cross-sectional examination

Answer 16

children of different ages studied over a short time period

Question 17

longitudinal

Answer 17

same children studies twice or more over a long period of time

Question 18

microgenetic

Answer 18

same kids studied over a short period of time