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AP Psych cards for Methods

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show "I-knew-it-all-along" Tendency upon hearing about an event passed to think that they knew it all along.  
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Applied Research   show
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Basic Research   show
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show A statement that expresses a relationship between two variables.  
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show Aims to explain some phenomenon and allow researchers to generate testable hypothesis with the hope of collecting data that supports them.  
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Operational Definitions   show
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show Measures what the researcher set out to measure; it is accurate.  
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show Can be replicated; it is consistent.  
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show The process by which participants are selected.  
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show The group from which a sample is selected.  
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Random Selection   show
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show A process that allows a researcher to ensure that the sample represents the population on some criteria.  
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Experiment   show
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Confounding variables   show
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Assignment   show
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show Method of assigning participants to conditions such that each has an equal chance of being placed into experimental groups.  
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Experimenter Bias   show
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show Method in that neither the participants nor the researcher are aware of who is in the experimental or control groups.  
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Participant Bias   show
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show Being selected to be in a group of people to participate in an experiment will affect the performance of that group, regardless of what is done to those individuals.  
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Correlation   show
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Scatter Plot   show
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Survey Method   show
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Naturalistic Observation   show
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show Research method used to get a full, detailed picture of one participant or small group.  
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Descriptive Statistics   show
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show Range, variance, and standard deviation.  
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show Bell-shaped curve that represents a distribution of scores.  
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show Statistics that can determine whether or not findings can be applied to the larger population from which the sample was selected.  
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Statistical Significance   show
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APA Ethical for Human Research   show
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show Clear scientific purpose, care for and house animals humanely, acquire animal subjects legally, design procedures that employ the least amount of suffering.  
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