research psych

Question 1

hindsight bias

Answer 1

tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would’ve foreseen it

Question 2

overconfidence results partly from

Answer 2

bias to seek info that confirms them

Question 3

order in random events leads to

Answer 3

overestimating the weight of commonsense thinking

Question 4

operational definition

Answer 4

exact procedures used in research study, what is the outcome of the dependent variable?

Question 5

case study

Answer 5

individual or group studied in depth in hope of revealing universal principles

Question 6

naturalistic observation

Answer 6

observing behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulating situation

Question 7

survey

Answer 7

obtaining self reported attitudes of specific group

Question 8

sampling bias

Answer 8

flawed samples process that produces unrepresentative sample

Question 9

random sample

Answer 9

fairly represents population because each member has equal chance of inclusion

Question 10

correlation

Answer 10

measure of extent to which z factors vary together, and thus how well either factor predicts the other

Question 11

correlation coefficient

Answer 11

statistical index of relationship between 2 things

Question 12

random assignment

Answer 12

assigning participants to experimental or control group by chance

Question 13

double blind procedure

Answer 13

both research participant and staff are ignorant about whether participants received treatment or placebo

Question 14

independent variable

Answer 14

manipulated factor

Question 15

confounding variable

Answer 15

factor other than one being studied

Question 16

dependent variable

Answer 16

outcome that’s measured

Question 17

the 3 must haves in an experiment

Answer 17

1. generalizable 2. no bias 3. control

Question 18

6 sins of surveys

Answer 18

wording, bias, answer choices, sample, sponsor, manipulation