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18 Cards in this Set
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Appeals to authority |
The fallacy that an argument must be true because of the authority or reputation of the person making it - p.69 |
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Appeals to popularity |
The fallacy that a popular or widely believed argument is true - p.69 |
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Arguments directed to the person |
The fallacy in argument based on attacking the authors of alternative arguments p.691 |
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Blind studies |
Studies in which participants are kept unaware of or 'blind' to important aspects of the research - p.52 |
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Case studies |
In-depth observation of the participant or a small group or participants - p.55 |
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Categorical variable |
A variable comprised of groupings, classifications or categories - p.44 |
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CAT scan |
Computerised axial tomography - Produces a series of x-ray pictures that a computer combines into a composite image - p.61 |
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Conditions |
Values of versions of the independent variable that vary across experimental groups - p.50 |
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Confounding variables |
A variable that produces effects that are confused or confounded with the effects of the independent variable - p.52 |
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Context of discovery |
The part of the scientific process in which phenomena are observed, hypotheses are framed and theories are built - p.70 |
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Context of justification |
The part of the scientific process in which hypotheses are tested - p.70 |
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Continuous variable |
A variable that can be placed on a continuum, from none or little to much. Metric - naturally occurring in numbers - p.44 |
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Control group |
Group of participants in an experiment who receive relatively neutral condition to serve as a comparison group - p.54 |
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Correlate |
In research, the degree to which two or more variables are related - p.59 |
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Correlation coefficient |
An index of the extent to which two variables are related - p.59 |
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Correlation matrix |
A table presenting the correlations among several variables - p.59 |
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Correlational research |
Research that assesses the degree to which two variables are related, so that knowing the value of one variable can lead to prediction of a second variable - p.59 |
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Critical thinking |
A skill that involves carefully examining and analysing information to judge its value, assessing both its strengths and its weaknesses, and considering alternative explanations - p.67 |
