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This is a testable prediction, often prompted by a theory, to enable us to accept, reject, or revise the theory
What is a hypothesis
100
What is one drawback of naturalistic observation?
Answers vary.
100
The process of selecting groups that are as equal as possible.
What is random assignment?
100
This is the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution.
What is range
100
This is the computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score.
What is standard deviation
200

This is a statement of the procedures used to define research variables.

What are operational definitions

200
This is an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
What is a case study?
200

This is the difference between the experimental and control group

What is experimental group is exposed to treatment while control group is not

200
Correlation simply implies this.
What is that there is a relationship between two things?
200
This is the % of scores that fall within one standard deviation of the mean in a normal curve.
What is 68%
300
The belief that creating this jeopardy would take only 30 minutes, in reality it takes an hour.
What is overconfidence?
300
US Presidential Elections
What is the survey method?
300
The variable that the experimenter controls.
What is the independent variable?
300
This is the mean, median and mode of the following list of numbers: 2,3,3,3,3,3,4
What is mean:3 median:3 mode: 3
300
This is the criteria for a scientific categorization of statistically significant for most psychologists
What is the odds of a result occurring by chance is less than 5%
400
The "I knew it all along" effect's proper name.
What is Hindsight bias?
400
Phineas Gage
What is a case study?
400

This is the purpose of the double-blind procedure

What is to eliminate experimenter AND participant bias by not revealing the true identity of and purpose of a study to participants 

400
This is the problem of having a skewed distribution
What is the mean or average may not reflect a true average since really high or low numbers would skew the mean.
400

These are 3 of the main ethical criteria of research

What is 1. Do no harm 2. Informed consent 3. Confidentiality 4. debrief after an experiment

500
These are the 4 basic steps of the research process
What is: 1. Theory 2. Hypothesis 3. Research and Observations 4. Confirm, Revise, or Reject hypothesis
500
Jane Goodall's experience in the Gombee Forest.
What is natural Observation?
500

In an experiment investigating drunk driving, "near-beer" likely would be this.

What is a Placebo?

500
The belief that A,K, Q, J, 10 of club is more rare than 9C, 2H, JH, 7S, and the 3D.
What is illusionary correlation?
500
If a standard deviation from a mean of 3 is .5, how many standard deviations is a score of 2 from the mean?
What is 2