Expe ppt 1

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Connotes content and process

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Science

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Consists of the scientific techniques we use to collect and evaluate data

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Methodology

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are the facts we gather using scientific methods

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Data

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Heider called non-scientific data gathering ____

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Commonsense psychology

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What is the nonscientific use of information to explain or predict behavior

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Nonscientific inference

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it is when people misuse data to estimate the probability of an event

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gambler’s fallacy

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falsely assuming that a specific behaviors cluster together

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stereotyping

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In ______, we feel more confident about our conclusions than is warranted by available data

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overconfidence bias

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_______ mentality assumes that behavior follows a natural order and can be predicted

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scientific mentality

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what type of data is it when it is observed or experienced

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empirical

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statements generally expressed as equations with few variables that have overwhelming empirical support

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law

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interim explanation; a set of related statements used to explain and predict phenomena

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theory

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this type of thinking is critical to the scientific method

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good thinking

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This principle is when we prefer the simplest useful explanation

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principle of parsimony

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_______ allows us to disprove statements using a single, contrary observation

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the principle of modus tollens

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an exact systematic repetition of a study

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replication

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What are the four main objectives of science

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description
prediction
explanation
control

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systematic and unbiased account of observed characteristics of behaviors

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description

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refers to the capability of knowing in advance when certain behaviors should occur

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prediction

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is knowledge of the conditions that reliably produce a behavior

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explanation

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the use of scientific knowledge to influence behavior

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control

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addresses real-world problems

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applied research

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tests theories and explains psychological phenomena like helping behavior

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basic research

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what are the main tools of psychological science

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observation
measurement
experimentation

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is the systematic noting and recording of events. this means that the procedures are consistently applied

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observation

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________ assigns numbers to objects, events, or their characteristics. this is an inherent feature of quantitative research

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measurement

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what is the process we use to test the predictions we call hypotheses and establish cause-and-effect relationships

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experimentation

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is any variable not being investigated that has the potential to affect the outcome of a research study

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extraneous variable

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is the timing between a factor and an outcome which can be used to assign causality to a relationship

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temporal relationship

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is any field of study that gives the appearance of being scientific

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pseudoscience