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the senses
statistics
visual sense
Problems in research
words that start with "R"
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gustation is the sense of ____________
taste
100
the average of all the numbers
mean
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The visual spectrum for humans contains 7 colors, often abbreviated ROYGBIV. What are the 7 colors?
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
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Seeing what you expect to see because you are focusing on a small area
observer bias
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The inner covering of the back of your eye
retina
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Olfaction is the sense of ____________
smell
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the number that occurs most often
mode
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Perceptions that do not represent reality
illusions
200
A third variable may actually be causing the results. This third variable is called the ___________ variable.
extraneous or confounding
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the cells in your retina that help you see black and white
rods
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The sense of hearing is __________.
audition or auditory
300
the measure of what most people do
central tendency
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Humans tend to group similar elements into a single group. This is the law of ___________.
similarity
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Seeing what you expect to see because your expectations caused it to happen
experimenter expectancy effect
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Genes that show up only when there are two; they are the weaker gene. Example: the gene for blue eyes are __________.
recessive gene
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the skin senses are the __________ senses
haptic
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when variable A goes up and variable B goes up, we say those variables are _____________ ____________.
positively correlated
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Humans tend to "enclose" incomplete objects by adding familiar elements. This is the Law of ___________.
closure
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People will tell you what they think you want to hear.
Social conformity
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Repeating the results of an experiment
replication
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the sense of touch is ____________
tactile
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When are results statistically significant?
95% of the time they do not happen by chance
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when the visual angle decreases, objects appear further away. This is the __________ perspective.
linear
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Behavior changes because the researcher is watching.
Impact bias
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the systematic and careful collection of data
research