Myers' Psychology for AP Second Edition Unit 2: Research Methods Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

Naturalistic observation

________ gives a look into everyday life without controlling any of the variables that can influence behavior.

Random assignment

What is done so that there is an accurate representative for both groups? Answer with a single words or term.

Standard deviation

What is used to determine how different scores are from the mean? Answer with a single words or term.

Inferential statistics

________- numerical data that allow one to generalize- to infer from sample data the probability of something being true of a population.

Psychologists

________ hope to reveal things that are true to all of us through this individual.

Psychology

________ can help us reach our goals, but it can not determine what those goals should be.

Scientists

Who are skeptical of what is being asked, but they are open to the possibility of it working? Answer with a single words or term.

Illusory correlation

________ explains many superstitious beliefs because people notice the one time things line up versus the hundreds of times they don't.

Correlation studies

________ happen naturally where as experiments manipulate variables to have an effect.

Ethics committees

________ go over the experiment before it is done.

Replication

________- repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding extends to other participants and circumstances.

Hindsight bias studies

________ have been done in both children and adults.

Mode

________- the most frequently occurring score (s) in a distribution.

Survey

________- a technique for ascertaining the self- reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group.

Scatterplot

________- a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables.

Validity

________- the extent to which a test of experiment measures of predicts what it is supposed to.

Hypothesis

________- a testable prediction, often implied by a theory.

Humans

________ tend to think they know more then they actually do because they are more confident than correct.

positive response

A more ________ is given from "help those in need "than "welfare.

Psychological research

What is needed to try and understand why both views can be right? Answer with a single words or term.

Correlation

________ can indicate the POSSIBILITY if a cause- effect relationship.

Case studies

________ are a good form of research, but they also must be proven with other research methods.

overconfidence

Knowing answers also makes a person more confident. This ________ can be used to predict social behavior and its outcomes.

normal curve

What is usually bell shaped? Answer with a single words or term.

Culture

________- the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.