Group 4 — Scientific Thinking

hindsight bias

believing after something happens that “I knew it all along”

peer reviewers

experts who evaluate research before it is published

theory

an organized explanation that explains observations and predicts behavior/events

hypothesis

a testable prediction

operational definition

exact description of how a variable is measured or manipulated

replication

repeating a study to see if similar results occur

preregistration

recording hypotheses and methods before conducting/analyzing the research

meta-analysis

combining the results of many studies to find an overall pattern