Problems in the Scientific Community
What is bias?
"a disproportionate weight in favor"
What is a control group?
The group that is not given the Independant variable to measure change
What's a model?
Attempts to predict a real-world phenomena
What's random assignment?
A procedure meant to make sure the groups are similar without being bias
Who said, “The brain is the seat of intelligence”?
Hippocrates
Name two accessibility issues in regards to scienctific studies
Difficult to interpret, Public access, (etc.)
What is the purpose of the Independent Variable?
To change something so that you can measure it using the dependent variable
What's the difference between a single and a double-blind study?
Single blind has the participant unaware of which group their in, double blind has both the participant and the researcher knowing what group their in.
Give an example of the placebo effect
Sugar pills
Who is the ‘father of modern psychology’?
Wilhelm Wundt
Why do reproducibility failures happen?
The step-by-step instructions given in the paper might have missed something important (etc.)
What's the difference between confounding variable and extraneous variable?
Extraneous varaible is anything that can affect the DV while a confounding variable is anything that affects the DV and is related to the IV
What does 'within' a subject design mean?
All participants take part in the same conditions
What kind of source could be considered both primary and secondary?
Newspaper article
Why is restarting the process important?
If the study is replicable than it’s more reliable