Correlation
This is the statistical measure to figure out how closely two variables relate.
What is the correlation coefficient?
These people receive the treatment.
What is the experimental group?
Broca reviewed a patient records to determine why he could only say the word Tan (thanks to damage in his left frontal lobe)
What is a case study?
In an ideal world, the data of the mean, median and mode would be this shape.
What is the bell-curve (or normal curve)?
If I were the coach, I would have called the right play.
What is hindsight bias?
Don't connect the dots when drawing this to illustrate correlation.
What are scatterplots?
Using these types of studies helps eliminate some of the bias.
What is a double-blind procedure?
Insight learning was confirmed based on watching chimpanzees in a cage.
What is naturalistic observation?
This is how much the scores varies around the mean.
What is standard deviation?
These allow you to replicate research studies.
The longer babies were breast-fed, the greater their later academic achievement.
What is positive correlation?
Athletes run faster when given an alleged performance enhancing drug.
What is the placebo effect?
Everyone in this class has an equal chance of being picked for a survey.
What is a random sample?
The data is this when the mean is higher than the mode and median
What is positively skewed?
Most people are able to focus on just one thing at once, and ignore all other stimuli.
What is selective attention?
Sports players don't shave during playoffs because of the faulty belief.
What is illusory correlation?
If a medical study, this is almost always what the drug is called.
What is the independent variable?
Participants are given enough information to determine if they want to participate or not.
What is informed consent?
This is where the magic happens (transduction) in the eye.
What is the retina?
This theory states that the spinal cord either blocks or allows pain signals to go through.
What is the gate-control theory?
Cram this weekend and get a 5 on the AP Test, even though if retested a week later, you would go back to your average.
What is regression toward the mean?
When a person begins to exercise, despite participating in a an experiment to lose weight because of diet.
What is a confounding variable?
An explanation of a study, including the purpose and any deceptions.
What is a debrief?
You eyes take in two slightly different images, which allows one to determine depth perception.
What is retinal disparity?
The power of our brain is illustrated by its ability to process many aspects of a problem at once; such as color, motion, depth
What is parallel processing?