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23 Cards in this Set
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Deception |
The action of tricking someone |
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Confirmation Bias |
The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs |
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Confidentiality |
The state of being kept secret |
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Committee on Animal Research and Ethics |
To safeguard responsible research with animals, other than humans, and to establish cooperative relations |
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Coercion |
The practice of persuading by using force or threat |
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Animal Care and Use Committee |
A federally moderated committee that oversees animal care |
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Positive Correlation |
A correlation that has negative effects on both variables |
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Negative Correlation |
A correlation that has a positive outcome |
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Methodology |
A system of methods used in particular areas if study or activity |
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Placebo Effect |
A beneficial effect produced by a placebo drug |
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Random Sample |
A sample in which every participant has an equal chance to be chosen |
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Replication |
The action of copying |
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Scientific Method |
The method used to test and hypothesis |
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Theory |
A system of ideas intended to explain something |
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Correlational Studies |
Determines whether or not who variables are correlated |
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Demand Characteristic |
When the subject changes their behavior because they know they're being experimented on |
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Illusory Correlation |
Seeing a relationship between variables even when there is none |
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Institutional Review Board |
A department in insulation to make sure experiments are ethical |
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Informed Consent |
Permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequence, typically thate which is given by the patient's |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess |
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Hindsight Bias |
The "Knew it all along" phenomenon |
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Experimenter Bias |
A form of reactivity in which a researchers cognitive bias, causes us to subconsciously change the experiment |
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Experimental Design |
A method of research in social science in which a controlled experimental factor us subjected to specified treatment |
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