Critical Thinking
the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. (Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon.)
What is... hindsight bias
the most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution.
What is... mode
Which ear did Vincent Van Gogh cut off?
What is... his left ear
a non-experimental technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.
What is... case study
the postexperimental explanation of a study, including its purpose and any deceptions, to its participants.
What is... debriefing
a testable prediction, often implied by a theory.
What is... hypothesis
the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution.
What is... range
The only mammal that can fly
What is... BAT
a measure of the extent to which two factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor predicts the other.
What is... correlation
giving potential participants enough information about a study to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.
What is... informed consent
a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study.
What is... operational definition
a computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score.
What is... standard deviation
The most malleable metal
What is... GOLD
assigning participants to experimental and control groups by chance, thus minimizing preexisting differences between the different groups.
What is... random assignment
Name the four components of an ethical study
What is...
informed consent, debriefing, no harm, confidentiality
repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding can be reproduced.
What is... replication
a statistical procedure for analyzing the results of multiple studies to reach an overall conclusion.
What is... meta-analysis
The only sport that has been played on the moon
What is... GOLF
a flawed sampling process that produces an unrepresentative sample.
What is... sampling bias
The organization that approves studies with human subjects at universities and research institutions
scientific experts who evaluate a research article’s theory, originality, and accuracy.
What is... peer reviewers
a statistical statement of how likely it is that a result (such as a difference between samples) occurred by chance, assuming there is no difference between the populations being studied.
What is... statistical significance
The name for a person who can write with both hands
What is... ambidextrous
in an experiment, the factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
What is... independent variable
The top authorities on psychology in the country
What is... American Psychological Association (APA)