Bias
Bias is?
A tendency, inclination, or prejudice towards someone or something.
Perspective is?
Someones personal view of how something is done or how something happened.
Causality is?
the relationship between cause and effect.
the belief that humans can make choices and control their behavior.
What is free will?
Responsibility is?
How the researchers hold themselves accountable towards aftereffects and present effects regarding experiments.
Afraid to make a decision based off the opinions of others
Social desirability bias
someone who's parents just passed may be acting different due to the death of a parent you have to look at it from
A behavioral perspective
failing your psych summative test , what is be the cause
NO studying
This perspective argues that while behavior is influenced by genetics or environment, people still have the ability to make choices.
What is soft determinism?
An experiment where the participants have to kill their favorite animal
ethics
the tendency to seek out information in a way that supports our existing beliefs, while also rejecting any ideas away from that.
Confirmation bias
the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successful generations
Evolution
What are the effects of not studying
failing your psych summative
This type of determinism says behavior is shaped mostly by a person’s environment and experiences.
What is environmental determinism?
This ensures participants agree to take part in a study after understanding the risks and goals.
What is informed consent?
A study on gender difference concludes that women are "naturally more empathetic" and men "more logical" reinforcing stereotypes
What is alpha bias?
THis psychological perspective focuses on how brain structures and genetics influence behavior
What is biological perspective?
This type of causality involves a sequence of events where an initial cause leads to multiple indirect effects over time, often making it difficult to trace one singular cause.
What is domino causality?
This view says we are influenced by biology or environment, but we still have some choice
What is soft determinism?
This principle protects participants from physical or emotional damage during a study.
What is protection from harm?
A student claims that the biological approach is "biased" because it doesn't include sociocultural factors. Explain why this statement is incorrect.
What is that the biological approach represents a perspective, not bias?
A researcher begins with a hypothesis that social support reduces stress and tests it using a large scale survey. What king of reasoning is this?
What is deductive reasoning?
This set of guidelines helps researchers decide if a strong correlation might actually suggest a causal relationship.
What are the Bradford Hill Criteria?
A person with a strong belief in this idea may feel that all actions are caused and predictable, leaving no room for free will.
What is hard determinism?
This happens after a study ends to explain the true purpose, especially if deception was used.
What is debriefing?