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CHAPTER 2
PSYC100
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Science | approach to learning |
| Basic Principles for Science (how many) | 6 |
| Pseudoscience | A claim that seems scientific but isn’t. |
| Research Methods (terminology) | pop, sample, experimental, control |
| Placebo | fake testing condition |
| Independent Variable | thing that is manipulated |
| Dependent Variable | thing that is measured |
| Confound | anything other than IV that causes a difference between the group |
| random assignments | randomly sorting participants into a group |
| reliability | consistency of measurements |
| validity | extent to which what’s measured is what was supposed to be measured |
| internal validity | was it done right? Used the right measurements. |
| external | how well can you generalized your findings beyond your sample, or experiment. |