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| 7356797916 | hindsight bias | to believe after learning the outcome that one have foreseen it, the i knew it all along phenomenon |  | 0 |
| 7356797917 | critical thinking | thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions rather it examines assumptions discerns hidden values evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions | 1 | |
| 7356797918 | theory | explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events | 2 | |
| 7356797919 | hypothesis | a testable prediction often implied by a theory | 3 | |
| 7356797920 | operational definition | a statement of the procedures used to define research variables |  | 4 |
| 7356797921 | replication | repeating the essence of a research study usually with different participants in different situations to see whether the basic finding extends to other participants and circumstances | 5 | |
| 7356797922 | case study | an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles | 6 | |
| 7356797923 | 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 |  | 7 |
| 7356797924 | population | all cases in a group being studied from which samples may be drawn | 8 | |
| 7356797925 | random sample | a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion |  | 9 |
| 7356797926 | naturalistic observation | observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation |  | 10 |
| 7356797927 | correlation | a measure of the extent to which two factors may vary together and thus of how well the factor predicts the other | 11 | |
| 7356797928 | correlation coefficient | statistical index of the relationship between two things from -1 to +1 |  | 12 |
| 7356797929 | scatterplots | graphed cluster of dots each of which represents the values of two variables the slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables the amount of scatter suggests the strength of the correlation |  | 13 |
| 7356797930 | illusory correlation | the perception of a relationship where no one exists | 14 | |
| 7356797931 | experiment | a research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental processes |  | 15 |
| 7356797932 | random assignment | assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups | 16 | |
| 7356797933 | double blind procedure | an experimental procedure in which both the research participants and the research staff are ignorant about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo commonly used in drug evaluation studies |  | 17 |
| 7356797934 | placebo effect | experimental results caused by expectations alone any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition which the recipient assumes is an active agent |  | 18 |
| 7356797935 | experimental group | in an experiment the group that is exposed to the treatment to one version of the independent variable |  | 19 |
| 7356797936 | control group | in an experiment the group that is not exposed to the treatment contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment | 20 | |
| 7356797937 | independent variable | the experimental factor that is manipulated the variable whose effect is being studied |  | 21 |
| 7356797938 | dependent variable | the outcome factor the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable | 22 | |
| 7356797939 | mode | the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution |  | 23 |
| 7356797940 | mean | the arithmetic average of a distribution obtained by adding the scores then dividing by the number of scores |  | 24 |
| 7356797941 | median | middle score in a distribution half the scores are above it and half are below it | 25 | |
| 7356797942 | range | the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution | 26 | |
| 7356797943 | standard deviation | a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score |  | 27 |
| 7356797944 | normal curve | a symmetrical bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many types of data most scores fall near the mean and fewer and fewer near the extremes |  | 28 |
| 7356797945 | statistical significance | statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance |  | 29 |
| 7356797946 | culture | the enduring behaviors ideas attitudes and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next | 30 |
