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| The want to believe you could have foreseen an event, after it's outcome |
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| Thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions |
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| An explanation using a set of principles to predict observations |
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| A statement of procedures used to define research variables |
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| An observational technique in which one person is studied in depth |
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| Repeating the essence of a research study with different participants in different situations. |
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| An observational technique in which a representative is given a questionnaire in hopes of ascertaining self-proclaimed behavior |
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| The tendency to overestimate the extent of people's agreement with our own beliefs |
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| Observing and recording behavior in a natural state, without the participants knowing |
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| A link between two factors |
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| Each case has an equal opportunity for inclusion |
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| A graphed cluster of dots representing the two variables |
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| The perception of a relationship, when none exist |
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| Experimental results caused by expectations alone |
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| The testers have no knowledge of the variables |
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| A research method in which the investigator manipulates factors to observe the effect on behavior or mental processes |
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| The condition in which exposes the participants to the independent variable |
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| The condition in which serves as a contrast to the independent variable |
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| Assigning cases randomly to either Experimental or Control Condition |
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| The experimental factor being manipulated |
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| The outcome factor, used to contrast the effects of the Independent Variable |
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| The arithmetic average of distribution |
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| The middle range in a distribution |
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| The most reoccurring score in a distribution |
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| The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution |
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| A statistical statement of the likeliness of an outcome made by chance |
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| A computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score |
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| The enduring behaviors, attitudes, ideas, and traditions of a society |
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