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Naturalistic observation
________ gives a look into everyday life without controlling any of the variables that can influence behavior.
Random assignment
What is done so that there is an accurate representative for both groups? Answer with a single words or term.
Standard deviation
What is used to determine how different scores are from the mean? Answer with a single words or term.
Inferential statistics
________- numerical data that allow one to generalize- to infer from sample data the probability of something being true of a population.
Psychologists
________ hope to reveal things that are true to all of us through this individual.
Psychology
________ can help us reach our goals, but it can not determine what those goals should be.
Scientists
Who are skeptical of what is being asked, but they are open to the possibility of it working? Answer with a single words or term.
Illusory correlation
________ explains many superstitious beliefs because people notice the one time things line up versus the hundreds of times they don't.
Correlation studies
________ happen naturally where as experiments manipulate variables to have an effect.
Ethics committees
________ go over the experiment before it is done.
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.
Hindsight bias studies
________ have been done in both children and adults.
Mode
________- the most frequently occurring score (s) in a distribution.
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.
Scatterplot
________- a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables.
Validity
________- the extent to which a test of experiment measures of predicts what it is supposed to.
Hypothesis
________- a testable prediction, often implied by a theory.
Humans
________ tend to think they know more then they actually do because they are more confident than correct.
positive response
A more ________ is given from "help those in need "than "welfare.
Psychological research
What is needed to try and understand why both views can be right? Answer with a single words or term.
Correlation
________ can indicate the POSSIBILITY if a cause- effect relationship.
Case studies
________ are a good form of research, but they also must be proven with other research methods.
overconfidence
Knowing answers also makes a person more confident. This ________ can be used to predict social behavior and its outcomes.
normal curve
What is usually bell shaped? Answer with a single words or term.
Culture
________- the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.