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Chapter 1: Vocab
Mrs.Montez
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Physiology
10th Grade
12/20/2011

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Culture
Definition
Shared ideas and behaviors passes from one generation to the next.
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Median
Definition
The middle score in a distribution.
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Placebo Effect
Definition
Experimental results caused by expectations alone.
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Hindsight Bias
Definition
"I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon.
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Mode
Definition
The most frequently ocurring score.
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Range
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The difference between the highest and lowest scores.
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Standard Deviation
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A measure of variation based on every score.
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Scatterplot
Definition
A graphed cluster of dots depicting the values of two variables.
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Mean
Definition
The arithmetic average of a set of scores.
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Measures of Central Tendency
Definition
The mean, median, and mode.
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Measures of Variation
Definition
The range and standard deviation.
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Critical Thinking
Definition
Reasoning that does not blindly accept arguments.
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Illusory Correlation
Definition
False perception of a relationship between two variable.
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Hypothesis
Definition
Testable proposition.
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Theory
Definition
An explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events.
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Independent Variable
Definition
The variable being manipulated in an experiment.
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Dependent Variable
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The variable being measured in an experiment.
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Experimental Group
Definition
The "treatment-present" group in an experiment.
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Control Group
Definition
The "Treatment-absent" group in an experiment.
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Case Study
Definition
An in-depth observational study of one person.
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Survey
Definition
The research strategy in which a representative sample of individuals is questioned.
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Replication
Definition
Repeating an experiment to see whether the same results are obtained.
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Random Assignment
Definition
The process in which research participants are selected by chance for different groups in an experiment.
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Experiment
Definition
The research strategy in which the effects of one or more variables on behavior are tested.
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Double-Blind
Definition
Experimental procedure in which niether the research participant nor the experimenter knows which condition the participant is in
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