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Chapter 7 psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the artificiality of scientific experiments is not an accidental oversight. It is___ sought. Scientists deliberately set up conditions that are_____those that occur naturally bc this is the only way to____ the many inherently correlated variables | intentionally / unlike/ seperate |
| Restriction to real-life situations would___ us from discovering many things. For example,___techniques are now used in a variety of areas such as migraine and tension headache control, hypertension treatment, and _______ training | prevent / biofeedback/ relaxation |
| These techniques developed out of research indicating that humans could learn _____ control of their ______ physiological processes if they could _____ the ongoing processes via ____ or _____ feedback | partial/ internal/ monitor/ visual/ auditory |
| Random sampling refers to how subjects are _______________________ to be part of a study. | chosen |
| Research that focuses primarily on theory testing is often termed____ research. Whereas in____ research the purpose of the investigation is to go from data directly to a _____ - ____ application, basic research focuses on theory testing | basic/ applied/ real-world |
| s probably a mistake to view the basic-versus-applied distinction solely in terms of whether a study has _______ applications, because this difference often simply boils down to a matter of _______ | pratical/ time |
| attempts to control the direction of science turn out to_____ rather than facilitate progress. urge to have scientists solve only practical problems turns out to be wildly____& shortsighted bc the road to many practical applications is remarkably _____ | impede/ impracticle/ unpredictable |
| Making a scientific discovery involves bringing together findings from disparate areas of science, and the connections will often be far from _______________________ to a layperson | obvious |
| The college sophomore criticism does not _______________________ past results, but simply calls for _______________________ findings that will allow assessment of the theory’s generality | invalidate / more |
| concerns of people who question “representativeness” of psych. findings focus on the____ of research rather than intricacies of the experimental____. We r confronting whats called the ___ ___ problem; worry that, bc___ ___ r subjects in a large # of | subjects/ design/ college sophmore / college sophomores |
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