FINAL EXAM for Psych | PSYC 104 - General Psychology, Quizzes of Psychology

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THREE TENANTS OF CRITICAL THINKING

Curiosityskepticismhumility TERM 2

Importance of a GOOD Theory

DEFINITION 2 Falsifiable Simple (parsimonious) Generate ideas for future research TERM 3

Importance of a GOOD Hypothesis:

DEFINITION 3 It must be testable Specific TERM 4

Importance of GOOD Methodology:

DEFINITION 4 Results must be reliable & easily replicated TERM 5

Operational Definitions

DEFINITION 5 Conceptual Variables must be QUANTIFIABLE Conceptual variable Operational Def Measured variable Why are O.D.s important in psychological research? Make research replicable

The most important thing you will learn in this

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Correlation doesnot equal causation TERM 7

Correlation = Relationship

DEFINITION 7 When two variables are correlated, it simply means there is a relationship TERM 8

Positive & Negative

Relationships

DEFINITION 8 ]Positive relationships mean that direction of the two variables is the same (the increase together or they decrease together)]Negative relationships mean that there is an INVERSE relationship between the two variables (one increases, the other decreases, vice versa) TERM 9

Two Necessary Criteria for Experiments:

DEFINITION 9 Random Assignment: participants have an equal chance of being in the experimental group or the control group Control Group: the group that whose I.V. is not manipulated; they may get a placebo TERM 10

important

DEFINITION 10 while experiments are the gold standard for research, sometimes they are not always ethical (or feasible)

Internal

validity

Confounding Variables Experimenter Bias TERM 12

External Validity

DEFINITION 12 Generalizability TERM 13

PLACEBO EFFECT

DEFINITION 13 belief that an inactive treatment or pseudo-manipulated I.V. has had an effect