Chapter 2 quiz ( intro to psychology)

The ability to think slowly and reflectively through a problem is known as?

Analytical thinking

The extent to which we ca generalize ringing to real-word setting is known as?

External validity

The procedure that ensures that every person in a population has an equal chance of being chosen to participate is known as

Random selection

Research designed to examine the extent to which two variables are associated is called?

Correlation design

Perceptions of a statistical association between two variables where none exists is known as?

Illusory correlation

The variable that an experimenter manipulates in an attempt to alter the outcome of the experiment is known as ?

Independent variable

When Neither the researcher nor the experiment subjects know what group they are in is called

Double blind experiment

The arithmetic average or measure of central tendency is called ?

Mean

When research participants are informed of a study and its content before they are asked to participate, this is known as:

Informed consent

Cues that participants pick up from the study that allow them to generate guesses regarding the researcher’s hypothesis are known as:

Demand characteristics

Longitude design

Over long time same people specific phenomenon

Cross section design

Short time sample of population answer specific questions

Webers law

The more of a stimulus the more needed to note a difference a constant proportional relationship bw the JND and original stimulus

Bottom up processing

Making a whole from parts

Top down

Derived from experience and beliefs

Inattentional blindness

Failure to detect stimuli that are in plain sight