Words and definitions Flashcards
To learn
Hindsight bias
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome that one would have foreseen it
Theory
An explanation using an integrated set of principles that organized observations and predicts behaviours or events
Hypothesis
A testable prediction
Operational definitions
Procedures used in study
Case study
A descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
Survey
A technique for asserting the self reporter attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group
Naturalistic observations
Observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation
False consensus effect
The tendency to overestimate the extant to which others share our beliefs and our behaviors
Population
All those in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn
Correlation
It helps show relation
Scatterplot
A dot graph
Placebo affect
Experimental results caused by expectations alone
Double-blind procedure
An experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant about whether the participants have received the treatment or a placebo
control condition
The group that does not receive treatment in an experiment
independent variables
What’s changing in an experiment
