NAME: ________________________

2: Research Methods Test

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of 46 available terms

5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. Hindsight bias
  2. Base rate
  3. External validity
  4. Naturalistic observation
  5. Random assignment
  1. a Watching behavior in real-world settings.
  2. b The extent to which we can gerneralize findings to real-world settings.
  3. c How common a characterisic or behavior is.
  4. d The tendency to overestimate how well we could have successfully forecasted known outcomes.
  5. e Characterized by randomly sorting participants into two groups.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. The consistency of a measurement.
  2. The group of participants that doesn't receive the manipulation.
  3. A heuristic that includes estimating the likelihood of an occurance based on the case with which it comes to our minds.
  4. When neither researchers nor participants are aware of who's in the experimental or control group.
  5. Any difference between the experimental and control groups other than the independent variable.

5 True/False Questions

  1. Independent variableThe treatment or intervention that the experimenter "manipulates" or varies.

          

  2. Case studyA research design that examines one person or a small number of people in depth, often over an extended time period.

          

  3. RangeThe difference between the highest and lowest scores; a measure of dispersion.

          

  4. ModeThe average; a measure of central tendency.

          

  5. Internal validityThe extent to which we can gerneralize findings to real-world settings.