Psych lab exam 1

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Psychology is the scientific study of __________ and __________.
mind and behavior
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The __________ method is a process in which scientists have an observation, create a hypothesis, collect data and find conclusions/trends.
scientific
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A __________ explains a process.
theory
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A __________ is a prediction of what will happen.
hypothesis
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The __________ hypothesis proposes a significant relationship or difference between variables in a study.
alternative
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A __________ is something that varies from person to person, and from situation to situation.
variable
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The __________ variable is what the scientist controls.
independent
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The __________ variable is how the thing being controlled reacts.
dependent
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A __________ variable is held constant during the experiment and is not allowed to vary.
control
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An __________ variable may or may not interfere with an experiment.
extraneous
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A __________ variable causes different results due to interference.
confounding
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In a __________ subjects design, each participant is only exposed to one experimental condition.
between
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In a __________ subjects design, all participants experience every condition of an experiment.
within
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The correlation coefficient is represented by the letter __________.
r
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A __________ correlation has a positive, upward direction.
positive
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A __________ correlation has a negative, downward direction.
negative
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A __________ plot allows us to visualize the correlation between two variables.
scatter
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__________ happiness is a person's perception of their own happiness and life satisfaction.
Subjective
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__________ stress is an individual's subjective experience of stress, or their perception of how demanding and overwhelming their life is.
Perceived
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The __________ with life scale measures a person's perception of their own life satisfaction.
satisfaction
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The __________ model of memory includes attention, encoding, storage, and retrieval.
multi store
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The __________ store is a temporary holding place for incoming sensory information from the five senses.
sensory
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The __________ term store is a psychological process that stores and retrieves information for a short period of time.
short
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The __________ term store is the brain's ability to store and retrieve information over a long period of time.
long
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__________ is the process of taking in information.
Coding
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The __________ is the maximum amount of information being taken in.
capacity
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__________ duration is the length of time a memory is retained before it is forgotten.
Trace
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The __________ of processing involves attention, encoding, storage, and retrieval.
level
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__________ time refers to taking in information.
Encoding
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The __________ of processing can affect retention of information.
depth
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An __________ hypothesis may arise due to confounds (alternative explanation).
alternative
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According to the brain lateralization theory, the left side is controlled by the __________ brain, and vice versa.
right
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__________ dexterity is the ability to use your hands and fingers to skillfully grasp and manipulate objects.
Manual
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__________ dominance refers to the division of brain hemispheres.
Hand
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__________ area is associated with language production.
Broca's
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__________ area is associated with language processing.
Wernicke's
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__________ statistics involve making inferences and predictions about a population based on a sample of data.
Inferential
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A __________ test is a type of inferential test of mean difference.
T
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__________ theory is the study of the likelihood of an event happening.
Probability
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The __________ value is an indicator of statistical significance.
P
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A __________ criterion is a standard used to measure a person's or program's success.
decision
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Statistical significance indicates whether results are likely due to __________ or chance.
real differences
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A high p-value indicates there is a high chance that the two groups are __________.
the same
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A low p-value indicates there is a low chance that the two groups are __________.
the same
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Effect size is a measure of the __________ of strength of the result.
magnitude
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A __________ effect size is 0.
No
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A small effect size is represented by __________.
.2
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A medium effect size is represented by __________.
.5
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A large effect size is greater than __________.
>.8
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__________ validity measures if the measure is what it's supposed to be measuring.
Construct
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__________ validity examines if the measure predict scores of other related measurements.
Convergent
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Different kinds of reliability include test retest reliability, split half reliability, and __________ form validity.
equivalent
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