Chapter 1 Thinking Critically with Psychological Science
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| show | the tendency to believe after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
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| Critical thinking | show 🗑
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| Theory | show 🗑
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| show | a testable prediction, often implied by a theory.
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| show | a statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables
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| show | repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding extends to other participants and circumstances
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| Case study | show 🗑
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| Survey | show 🗑
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| False consensus effect | show 🗑
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| show | all the cases in a group, from which samples may be drawn for a study
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| Random sample | show 🗑
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| show | observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation
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| show | a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other
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| show | a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables. The slope of the two points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables
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| Illusory correlation | show 🗑
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| show | a research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process
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| show | an experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant(blind) about whether the research participants have received the treatment or placebo
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| Placebo effect | show 🗑
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| Experimental conditon | show 🗑
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| show | the condition of an experiment that contrasts with the experimental condition
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| show | assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences
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| Independent Variable | show 🗑
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| show | the outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulation of the independent variable
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| Mode | show 🗑
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| show | the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing the number of scores
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| show | the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half are below it
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| show | the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution
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| Standard deviation | show 🗑
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| Statistical significance | show 🗑
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| Culture | show 🗑
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| show | set of general procedures that allow us to arrive at a variable truth
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