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| after learning the outcome, seems like you could have predicted it |
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think you know more than you do
scientific attitude: curiosity, skepticism, humility |
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doesn't accept arguments blindly
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| explanation that integrates principles and organizes and predicts |
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| theory-->hypotheses-->research and observations |
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| one person is studied in depth to reveal behavioral principles |
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| ascertaining the self-reported attitudes |
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| can change the results of a survey |
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| each member has equal chance of inclusion |
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| observing and recording the behavior of animals in the wild |
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- statistical measure of the relationship between two variables
-.37 =strength
- + shows direction of relationship |
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| slope depicts direction and amount of scatter depicts strength |
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| correlation does not mean causation |
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| the perception of a relationship where there is none |
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| manipulate factors while others are under control |
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| patients and experimenters are unaware of who the real patients are and who has the placebo |
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| just believing you are getting a treatment can boost your spirits |
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| the one that can change based upon the independent variable |
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| variables the researchers failed to control |
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| observe and record behavior (case studies, surveys, naturalistic observation) no control of variables |
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| detect naturally occuring relatinoships does not specify cause and effect |
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| explore cause and effect, sometimes not ethical |
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| difference between the highest and lowest score |
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a computed meausre of how much scores vary around the mean
normal distribution: symmetrical bell shape curve
-68% fall in one standard deviation
-95% fall in 2
-99.7%fall in three
- find the scores deviation from the mean, square this, add all the (deviations)^2
Square root of (sum of deviantions)^v/number of scores |
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| perception of a relationship when none exists |
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| regression toward the mean |
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| he tendency for extremes to regress toward the average |
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