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What is the Population?
an orderly arrangement of scores indicating the frequency
All individuals in the group to which the study applies
subgroup of the population
the percentage of score at or below a particular score
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Thisis when people exaggerate their ability to have foreseen the outcome of pastevents.
Hindsight bias
Conformity bias
Conformation bias
Len Bias
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1,1,3,4,5,6,7,7,9,9,9
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9
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What is operational definition?
organized sets of concepts that explain phenomena
experiment where the is no cause and effect relationship
experiment which lacks control of independent variable
description of a specific procedure to determine variable
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What is the Sample?
predictions of how two factors are related
all of the individuals in the group
the average
subgroup of the population that participates in the study
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The mean is the...?
Lowest Number
Average
Highest Number
Middle Number
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Two pills are given,one is a sugar pill and the other contains medicine What is the sugar pill
Trick
Placebo
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What is the Independent Variable?
The Factor the Researcher Manipulates
The Group that receives the change
The Group that does not receive the change
All of the individuals in the group being tested
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What is this an example of?
Mean
Range
Normal Distribution
Statisitcs
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Quasi-Experiments are like Controlled experiments, except in Quasi-Experiments participants are
Healthy
Random Assinged
Dead
Not Randomly Assinged
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What type of research method is going on here?
Naturalistic Observation
Case Study
Experiment
Survey
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A student wants to know what the classes favorite food is. Which method would he use?
Expermient
Case Study
Test
Survey
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What are confounding variables?
Random assignment
Prediction of how two or more factor are related
All of the people in the group
Factors that cause differences other than the indep.Variable
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This is when neither the subjects of the experi nor the persons administering theexperi know
Single Blind
That sounds really British.
Three Blind Mice
Double Blind
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100,200,300,400,500 What is median of these numbers
1500
30
300
400
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What is the range?
Most frequently occurring number
The difference between the largest score and the smallest
The average
Where home is?
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In order to reduce bias from the experimenter and subject, what method is used
Test
Single Blind Procedure
Double-Blind Procedure
Survey
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This is our tendency to believe we know more than we do.
Loyalty
Hindsight
Bias
Overconfidence
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What type of research method is going on here?
Naturalistic Observation
Case Study
Experiment
Survey
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100,200,300,400,500 What is the range of these numbers
1500
30
400
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What are Statistics
suggested rules for acting responsibly and morally
A field that involves the analsysis of numerical data
consistency and repeat ability of results
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What is Standard Deviation
Most Frequently occurring number
Middle Score
Average difference between each score an mean
Average
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What is a hypothesis?
A proposed explaination between two factors
Sets of organized concepts made to explain phenomena
Randomly assigning people into groups
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What is the Independent Variable of this Graph
Number of Pennies
There is no independent variable
Height
Can I have a penny??
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Why is random assignment used?
To randomly assign so everyone can have an equal chance
All of the individuals in a group
The factor that depends on the independent variable
Organized sets of concepts that explain phenomena
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A man believes he is cured cause of a pill he took but it was really just a sugar pill this is
a miracle!
Reliability
Placebo Effect
Experimenter Bias
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A student wants to observe the effects of candy on children, Which method would he use?
Naturalistic Observation
Controlled Experiment
Test
Survey
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What is the control group?
all of the individuals in the group
group that treatment is given to
The group in which no treatment is given
subgroup of the population that participates int he study
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What is the purpose of ethical guidelines?
To be consistent
To have rules for acting responsibly and morally In psych
Guidelines, there are no such thing as guidelines
To make money
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Students will able to type faster using both hands, instead of only using one hand. This is a
Observation
Hypothesis
Test
Theory
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What type of research method is going on here?
Case Study
Experiment
Naturalistic Observation
Survey
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What is a major weakness of the naturalistic observation?
Poorly answered questions
Loss of experimental control
Lack of random selection
It's creepy.
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What is Experimenter Bias?
Occurs when the researchers influences the outcome a study
research in which people dont know which group they are in
the behavior that is measure in the experiment
I don't know?
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What is the median?
The middle score when a set of data is ordered by size
Average
Most frequently occurring number
Percentage of scores
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Which can establish a cause and effect relationship?
Case Study
Controlled Experiment
Quasi-Experiment
Correlational Study
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What is the experimental group
That group that receives the treatment or indep. variable
subgroup of the populations that participates in the study
probably the group that plays jazz music
all of the individuals in the group
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What is the correlation coefficient?
the spread or dispersion in a set of numbers
Score between -1 and 1 that measures relatedness
the subgroup of the population that participates in thestudy
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What is the mode?
Spread of a set of research data
Average or most typical score
Most frequently occurring socre
Statistics that are used to interpret data
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What is the percentile score?
consistency of the results
middle score
the average difference between each score and the mean
The percentage of scores at or below a particular score
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What is demand characteristics?
phenomenon occurs when a researcher influences the outcome
factors that cause differences between variables
Clue participants discover about the purpose of the study
resembles the treatment but has no active ingredient
