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Psych 1000
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/17/2009

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Scientific Method
Definition
A way of conducting research to minimize bias in observation and testing
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The Goals of psychology
Definition
Explain, Describe, Predict, Control
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Characteristics of a good theory
Definition
Verifiable, Cumulative, Public, Parsimonious (Occam's razor)
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Hindsight Bias
Definition
Tendency to change views after learning outcome
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Selective Recall
Definition
Memory for certain unusual events
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Gambler's Fallacy
Definition
Seeing a link that isn't there, misunderstanding probability
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Confirmation Bias
Definition
Paying attention to facts that fit pre-exiting views and ignoring those that don't
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Availability Bias
Definition
Making judgments on the basis with which examples first come to mind
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Case Study
Definition
Very thorough study of one individual
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Naturalistic Observation
Definition
Observing subjects as a third party
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Participant Observation
Definition
Confederate who is allied with experimenter interacts with a subject
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Quasi Experiment
Definition
Uses pre-existing groups when its unethical to use random assignment
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