Unit 0 Science Practices

pyschology

Scientific study of human behavior and mental processes

Scientific attitude

According to the text, this requires curiosity, skepticism, and humility

Hindsight Bias

“I knew it”- when subjects imagine they predicted an event, after learning the outcome

Overconfidence

Bias to overestimate the accuracy of knowledge, judgements, and beliefs

Peer View

Process where expoerts in a feild independently evalute a research study before publishing

Theory

Explantion for a aspec of natyural world, using integrated principles and data

Hypothesis

Educated predicition that is based on known- facts, to be suppported or refuted with research

Operational defintion

Clear, objective, and complete description of a variable that is used in a study

Replication

Process of repeating a research study

Survey

Descriptive research method used to gather self-reported attitudes, opinions, or behaviors

Case Study

Detailed study of a person or group to gain in-depth information or details

Meta- Analysis

Formal procedure quantitavley aggregating the results of several primary studies

Naturalistic Observation

Studyingg subjects in their typical environment, without any interference or manipulation

Experiment

Research design measuring the strength and direction of the realtionship between variables

Correlation

Research methods manipluting variables which can show cause-effect realtionships