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| 14649346063 | hindsight bias | to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it | 0 | |
| 14649350186 | hindsight bias | what are these examples of "I knew it all along" the BP oil spill | 1 | |
| 14649351555 | overconfidence | refers to the fact that we think we know much more than we actually know | 2 | |
| 14649361969 | perceiving order in random events | humans have a natural eagerness to make sense of the world, therefore, we categorize and sort whenever we can | 3 | |
| 14649369035 | critical thinking | thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. | 4 | |
| 14649372158 | critical thinking | what is this an example of being skeptical of something you hear on the news | 5 | |
| 14649377655 | theory | an idea based on study and research, but it isnt formally proven | 6 | |
| 14649380081 | hypothesis | a testable prediction, often implied by a theory | 7 | |
| 14649382496 | operational definition | a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study. they should be so specific that anyone who reads it can repeat the experiment exactly | 8 | |
| 14663776537 | case study | one single group is studied in depth in hope of revealing universal principles. | 9 | |
| 14663788721 | naturalistic observation | observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without manipulating the situation | 10 | |
| 14663793701 | naturalistic observation | what is an example of? an undercover prison guard that is studying prisoners | 11 | |
| 14663798416 | survey | a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group | 12 | |
| 14663804630 | random sampling | a sample that fairly represents population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion | 13 | |
| 14663816133 | sampling bias | a flawed sampling process that produces an unrepresentative sample | 14 | |
| 14663832798 | correlation | a measure of the extent to which two variables change together, and how well either variable predicts each other. | 15 | |
| 14663839355 | positive correlation | means that as on variable increases, the other will increase as well. | 16 | |
| 14663845951 | positive correlation | "the more I study, the better my grades will be" | 17 | |
| 14663862182 | negative correlation | means that as one variable increases, the other decreases | 18 | |
| 14671403738 | negative correlation | "the more I use this shampoo, the less split ends I have." | 19 | |
| 14671412485 | no correlation | when there is no correlation at all, and the scatter plots are random | 20 | |
| 14671414330 | illusory correlation | the perception of correlation when none exists | 21 | |
| 14671419586 | illusory correlation | people thinking being in the cold can cause people to become ill, but this is not true | 22 | |
| 14671424888 | experiment | an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the outcome on the behavior or mental process | 23 | |
| 14671431364 | experimental group | the group who receives the treatment/has the condition | 24 | |
| 14671435455 | control group | does not receive the treatment/have the condition | 25 | |
| 14671441460 | double blind procedure | when both the participants and staff are blind about whether the participants receive the treatment or a placebo | 26 | |
| 14671451769 | when people who receive the placebo believe that they are having a positive effect, when they aren't. | what is the placebo effect | 27 | |
| 14671460505 | independent variable | the experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied | 28 | |
| 14674006106 | dependent varaiable | the outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to the experimental factor | 29 | |
| 14674009714 | confounding variable | a factor other than the IV that might have an affect in an experiment | 30 | |
| 14674014395 | hawthorne effect | people may improve their behavior in response to the awareness of being observed; it can have an impact on experiments | 31 | |
| 14674020710 | validity | the extent to which a test or experiment measures or predicts what it is supposed to | 32 | |
| 14674032707 | Reliability | the consistency of an experiment | 33 | |
| 14674053833 | positive correlation |  | 34 | |
| 14674058209 | negative correlation |  | 35 |
