AP Psychology Unit 1 Vocabulary

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theory

a hypothesis that is tested with significant data

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hypothesis

testable prediction, implied by a theory

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hindsight bias

tendency to believe, after the outcome, that one would foreshadow it

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validity

the extent to which an experiment or test measures or predicts what it's supposed to do

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population

whole group that you want to study and describe

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correlation

a measure of the relationship between two variables

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experiment

research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe effect on behavior

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scatterplot

graphed cluster of dots, each represent values of two variables

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correlation coefficient

statistical index of the relationship between two things (-1 to 1)

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experimental group

a subject or group of subjects in an experiment that is exposed to the factor or condition being tested

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control group

the group not exposed to the treatment, contrasts with experimental group

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