Thinking Critically With Psych Science: Chapter 1

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hindsight bias

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the tendency to believe after learning an outcome that one would have forseen it happening, "i knew it all along"

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overconfidence

Back 2

overestimating our intuition

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critical thinking

Back 3

thinking that does not blindy accept arguments and conclusions rather it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values evalutates evidence and assesses conclusions

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operational definition

Back 4

a statement of the procedures used to define research variables

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case study

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an obs. technique in which ONE person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles, suggest a hypothesis for further studies

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survey

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a technique for ascertaining the self reported attitudes or behaviors of people usually by questioning a representative, random SAMPLES of them

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false consensus effect

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the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors

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random sample

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a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance in inclusion

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illusory correlation

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the perception of a relationship where none exists

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experiment

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a research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors (indep var) to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process (dep var) random ASSIGNMENT

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double blind procedure

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an experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the staff are ignorant about whether the research participants have recieved the treatment or a placebo

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independent variable

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the factor that is manipulated or the effect is being studied

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dependent variable

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the outcome factor