Module 2

Terms	Definitions
hindsight bias	i knew it all along phenomenon, believing after leaning outcome that we would have forseen it, overconfidence issue
scientific attitude	curious skeptism and humility
theories and research	the first is an explanation that predicts behavior and the next is a way of testing
case study	study of an individual
the survey	polling, wording and sampling are important
naturalistic observation	watching and recording behavior in natural environment
random sampling	taking a small, random, part of the population
positive correlation	as one factor is more likely, another is more likely
negative correlation	as one factor is more likely, another is less likely
correlation	shows relationships and extent to which they relate, predicts but does not show cause and effect
third factor	part of the reason why correlation isn't causation. also, we can't tell which way the correlation goes.
illusory correlation	misbelieving in a relationship that doesn't exist
order in random sequences	...
experiments	manipulate a factor to determine its effect
bar graph tricks	tricky scale or range
lower variability	average is taken from a smaller range, infrences are more reliable

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