Psychology: Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is empiricism?
The belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation.
What is dogmatism?
The tendency for people to cling to their assumptions.
What is an operational definition.
A description of a property in concrete measurable terms. (Everyone is measuring the same thing)
What is a “instrument”?
A device that detects condition to which operational definition occurs.
What is a “instrument”?
A device that detects condition to which operational definition occurs.
What is validity?
The extent to which a measurement and a property are conceptually related.
What is observer bias?
When an experimenter sees what they want to see.
What is a double blind observation?
When neither the observer or the person being observed knows what the experiment is.
What way does a positive correlation slope?
What way does a negative correlation slope?
Up
Down
What would r= if there was a:
30% positive correlation
50% negative correlation
100% positive correlation
0.30
-0.50
1.00
What is third variable correlation?
When two variables are correlated only because each is related to a third variable.
