Psyc 207 Research Methods Ch 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Intuition | When you accept unquestionably what your own personal judgment tells you about the world, you are relying on |
| Falsifiability | A good scientific idea or theory should be capable of being false when tested with scientific methods What is this called? |
| Skepticism | Ideas must be evaluated on the basis of careful logic and results from scientific investigation, what is this called? |
| Empiricism | The idea that knowledge is based on observations. Use of collected data to draw a conclusion about the nature of the world. What is is called? |
| Illusory Correlation | This is form of cognative bias when we focus on two events that stand out and occur together. (e.g. when a adoption is followed by a pregnancy, we may draw conclusions that these events are related) |
| Peer Review | Submitting a scientific journal to other scientists that will evaluate and make suggestion on the work What is this process called? |
| Pseudoscience | "Fake Science", This science presents certain claims but nothing is based on scientific research. What is this for of science called? |
| describe, predict, determine cause, understand behavior | What are the general goals of scientific research on behavior? |
| Temporal Precedence | Part of causal inference; the cause occurs before the effect What is this called? |
| Temporal Precedence, Covariation of cause and effect, Alternative Explanations | To conclude causation, what three things must occur? |
| Covariation of cause and effect | When the cause is present, the effect occurs; when the cause is not present, the effect does not occur. What is this called? |
| Alternative Explanations | A potential alternative cause of an observed relationship between variables What is this called? |
| Basic Research | Tries to answer fundamental questions about the nature of behavior. Studies often designed to address theoretical issues concerning a phenomena e.g. emotions What type of research is this? |
| Applied Research | Conducted to address issues in which there are practical problems and potential solutions (e.g. does talking on a cell phone while walking produce inattentional blindness) What type of research is this? |
| Program Evaluation | Research designed to assess procedures that are designed to produce certain changes or outcomes in a target population (e.g. social reform) |
| Authority | To believe information presented by a speaker who is seen as prestigious, trustworthy, and credible because of a reliance on? |
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