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Myers 14th Ed. CH.1

TermDefinition
by giving half the members of a group some purported psychological finding and giving the other half an opposite result is called HINDSIGHT BIAS
explains behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize observation theory
a testable prediction often implied by a theory hypothesis
worded statements of the exact procedures used in research operational definitions
the original observation with different participants, in different situations to see if the basic findings can be reproduced replication
publicly communicating planned study design, hypothesis, data collections, and analysis preregistration
examine one individual or group in depth in the hope of revealing things true of us all case study
a statistical procedure for analyzing the results of multiple studies to reach an overall conclusion meta-analysis
a descriptive technique of observing and recording behaviors in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation naturalistic observation
components of the mind structuralism
how you are influenced and adapts functionalism
the scientific study of behavior and mental process psychology
survey, question, read, retrieve, review SQ3R
to describe human behavior descriptive study
variables change together in the same direction positive correlation
inverse variables negative correlation
a measure of two factors vary together and how well either factor predicts the other correlation
a descriptive technique for obtaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group survey
a sample that represents a population random sample
a graphed cluster of dots..... scatterplot
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