Psych 255 Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4)
animal care guidelines - correct answer--replacement
-refinement
-reduction
Animal Welfare Act - correct answer-protects the animal rights for lab animals
applied research - correct answer-(practical problem in mind) findings directly applied to
solution
association claim - correct answer--one level of variable is likely to be associated with
particular level of another variable; related
-positive association
-negative association
-zero association
availability heuristic - correct answer-tendency to rely predominantly on evidence that easily
comes to mind rather than use all possible evidence in evaluating a conclusion
basic research - correct answer-enhance general body of knowledge
Belmont Report - correct answer-basic ethical principles researchers should follow when
conducting research with human participants
bias blind spot - correct answer-belief that we are unlikely to fall prey to cognitive biases
biased about being biased - correct answer-think we aren't but we are
causal claim - correct answer-suggests one causes the other
claim - correct answer-argument someone is trying to make
comparison group - correct answer-able to compare what would happen both with and
without the thing we are interest in
conceptual definitions - correct answer-conceptual variable carefully defined
conceptual variable; construct - correct answer-variable with an abstract concept
confederate - correct answer-actor playing specific role for experimenter
confirmation bias - correct answer-seek out information we like (cherry picking)
confirmation hypothesis testing - correct answer-select questions that lead to particular,
expected answer
animal care guidelines - correct answer--replacement
-refinement
-reduction
Animal Welfare Act - correct answer-protects the animal rights for lab animals
applied research - correct answer-(practical problem in mind) findings directly applied to
solution
association claim - correct answer--one level of variable is likely to be associated with
particular level of another variable; related
-positive association
-negative association
-zero association
availability heuristic - correct answer-tendency to rely predominantly on evidence that easily
comes to mind rather than use all possible evidence in evaluating a conclusion
basic research - correct answer-enhance general body of knowledge
Belmont Report - correct answer-basic ethical principles researchers should follow when
conducting research with human participants
bias blind spot - correct answer-belief that we are unlikely to fall prey to cognitive biases
biased about being biased - correct answer-think we aren't but we are
causal claim - correct answer-suggests one causes the other
claim - correct answer-argument someone is trying to make
comparison group - correct answer-able to compare what would happen both with and
without the thing we are interest in
conceptual definitions - correct answer-conceptual variable carefully defined
conceptual variable; construct - correct answer-variable with an abstract concept
confederate - correct answer-actor playing specific role for experimenter
confirmation bias - correct answer-seek out information we like (cherry picking)
confirmation hypothesis testing - correct answer-select questions that lead to particular,
expected answer
