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| careful examination of what happens under more or less natural conditions |
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| the systematic study of behavior and experience. |
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everything that happens has a cause(determinant), that you can observe or
measur |
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| behavior is caused by a persons’ independent decisions. |
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-theory stated in such clear, precise terms taht we can see what evidence would
count against it. ‘ |
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| the mind is separate from the body. |
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| obligation to present evidence to support one’s claim |
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| clear predicted statement |
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anyone can contain, at least approximatelyl by following the same
procedures |
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combines the results of many studies and analysis them as though they were all
one very large study. |
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when given a choice among explanations that seem to fit the facts, we prefer the
one whose assumptions are fewer, simpler, or move consistent , with other well established
theories |
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definition that operations or procedures used to poduce or measure
something. |
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| entire group of individuals to be considered. |
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| a group chosen because of it’s ease of study. |
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to study behaviors form one group or another, we need a broader
sample of people. A rep sample, closely resembles the population in it’s percentage of males
and females, blacks and whites, young and old and so on |
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| every individual in the population has a chance of being selected |
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| groups of people from at least 2 cultures. |
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| personal views on something while experimenting. ‘ |
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| an observer who records data withougt knowing the researchers predictnions. |
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| pill with no known effects does it anyway . |
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either the observer or the participants are unaware of which participants
received treatmen |
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| both observer and participants unaware. |
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cues that tell participants what is expected of them and what the
experimenter hopes to find. |
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thorough description of the person, including abilities and disabilities, medical
condition, history, unusual experiences and whatever else seems relevant. |
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study of the prevelance of certain beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors based on ppls
responses and actions. |
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measure of the relationship between 2 variables(variable is anything measureable)
eg, age, years of edu, reading speed. |
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used to measure strength of correlation, a mathematical estimate of the
relationship between two variables. A coefficient can range from +1 to -1. |
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represents a given individual , with one measurement for that individual on the x
axis and another measurement on the Y axis. |
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an apparent relationship based on casual observatoins of unrelated or
weakly related events. |
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study in which the investigator manipulates at least one variable whole measureing
at least one other variable. |
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| item that the experimenter changes or controls. |
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| receives the treatment that an experiment is designed to test. |
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a set of individuals treated in the same way as the experimental group except for
the procedure that the experimenter is designed to test. |
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experimenter uses a chance procedure, suchy as drawing names out of
a hat, to make sure that every participant has the same probability as any other participant of
being assigned to a given group. |
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statement that they have been told what to expect and that they agree to
continue. |
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| a symmetrical frequency of scores clustered around a mean. |
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| sum of all the scores divided by the total number of scores. average. |
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| we arrange scores in order from highest to lowest. |
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| the score that occurs most frequently. |
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measurement of the amount of variation among sources in a normal
distribution. |
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statements about a large population based on an inference from a small
sample. |
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P=probability- p<.5= probability that randomly generated results would resemble the observed
results is less then 5%. |
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| Statistically or statically reliable |
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| unlikely to have risen by chance. |
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| range within which the true population mean lies, with 95% certainty. |
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