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