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Intuition, common sense

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critical thinking

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The tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that you knew the outcome all along

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hindsight bias

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thinking you know more or better than you actually do about something

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over confidence

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the tendency to overestimate that others share the sane beliefs as yourself

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false consensus

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Put these in Order
1- Design and carryout experiment (collecting data)
2-Evaluate hypothesis + analyze data + draw conclusions
3-Identify a problem and formulate hypothesis
4-Communicate and Publish Results

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3, 1,2,4

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Testable prediction

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hypothesis

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principles that organize and predict behavior and events

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theory

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repeating the research study

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replication

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explains exactly what you mean in your hypothesis; real life terms

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operational definition

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any research that observes and records, describing

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Descriptive research

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one person or situation is observed in depth, asking questions or interviewing

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The Case Study Method

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Name an advantage and a disadvantage of the case study method.

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Advantage : Get a lot of data and information

Disadvantage: Doesn’t always apply to many other people

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Name an advantage and a disadvantage of the Naturalistic Observation method

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Advantage: uncorrupted information, people are acting normal
Disadvantage: observer bias

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observing people in their natural environment

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Naturalistic Observation method

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Questionaire

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The survey method

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Name an advantage and a disadvantage of the Survey Method

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Advantage: cheap, anonymous
Disadvantage: people lie

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group you want to learn about

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population

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people who are taking the survey

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sample

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all the subgroups of the population you are studying

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representative sample

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looking for a relationship between two variables, based on surveys

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correlation research

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disadvantage of correlation research

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doesn’t explain how one variable causes another

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variables go in the same direction (increase study increase gpa)

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positive correlation

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variables go in opposite directions (increase video games decrease gpa)

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negative correlation

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no connection in variables

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zero correlation

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+1

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positive correlation

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-1

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negative correlation

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0

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zero correlation

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statistical measurement of the relationship between two variables

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correlation coefficient

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perception of relationship where none exists

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illusory correlation

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explores cause and effect relationships

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experimental research

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the variable being manipulated

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independent variable

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the outcome, what Is being measured

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dependent variable

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variables that need to remain constant

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confounding variables

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not being changed or manipulated

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control group

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group recieving treatment

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experimental group

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participants are unaware of what group they are in

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double blind

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false treatment

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placebo

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false expectation that a treatment worked

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placebo effect

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numbers used to consolidate a large amount of data

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descriptive statistics

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the average of a set of numbers

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mean

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the middle of a set of numbers

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median

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the most often of a set of numbers

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mode

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the highest - lowest of a set of numbers

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range

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how much numbers vary from the mean

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standard deviation

45
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Name the 5 Ethical guidelines from APA for research

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  1. No coercion must be voluntary
  2. Informed/ written/ verbal consent
  3. Anonymity
  4. No significant risk
  5. Must debrief and explain findings after
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I like the office so I think everyone does

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False consensus effect

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I can drive better than others because I’m older

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over confidence

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I knew we were going to win the game

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Hindsight bias

49
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increase in wealth and decrease in happiness

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negative correlation

50
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increase in studying increase in grades

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positive correlation

51
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Which is stronger -.56 or .7

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-.56

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