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Question 1: What are illusionary correlations?

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Random events that we notice and falsely assume they are related.Question 2: How do we describe data using measures of central tendency and percentile rank?

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The measures of central tendency and percentile range neatly summarize data

Question 3: What is regression toward the mean?

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The tendency for extreme or unusual scores to fall back on their average.Question 4: How can we determine whether or not an observed difference can be generalized to other populations?

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Meta Analysis and Statistical significance.

Question 5: What are the characteristics of experimentation that make it possible to isolate cause and effect?

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Random Assignment, minimizing confounding variables, independent and dependent variables, single/ double blind procedures, placebos, and validity.

Question 6: What are descriptive statistics?

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Numerical data used to describe and measure the characteristics of a group.

Question 7: How would you know what research design to use?

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By analyzing what research method would be most effective in a given experiment while thinking about time, money, and other issues.Question 8: How do psychologists values influence what is applied to the results of their study?

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Psychologists values often influence their choice of research topics, theories, and observations.

Question 9: What does it mean when we say two things are correlated?

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Correlation means that two variables are related to each other and that one could help predict the other.Descriptive methods can show us which variables coincide with one and other.Question 10: Explain the value of simplified laboratory conditions and how they illuminate everyday life?

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Psychological research aims to simplify reality in a laboratory setting.

Question 11: Why do psychologists study animals?

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Because some researchers want to understand the the psychological processes shared by humans and other species.

Question 12: Explain how Psychology is a science

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Psychology's findings are the result of a scientific approach based on careful observation and testing.Question 13: What are the three key elements of the scientific attitude and how do they support scientific inquiry.

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Having a scientific attitude helps us distinguish fact from fiction using curiosity, skepticism, and humility.Question 14: How does critical thinking feed a scientific attitude and smarter thinking for everyday life.

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Using the scientific attitude can help us think more critically in our everyday lives and can debunk myths about human behavior.

Question 15: What is Critical Thinking?

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Critical thinking is thinking that does not automatically accept arguments and conclusions.

Question 16: What are positive and negative correlations?

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In a positive correlation two factors increase or decrease together while in another in a negative correlation one factor increases while the other decreases.Question 17: How do cognitive biases illustrate why science based answers are more valid then those based of common sense?

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Hindsight bias makes us believe we could have foreseen the outcome, overconfidence results in us seeking confirmation to our biases, and our eagerness to find patterns in common events lead us to overestimate our thinking.Question 18: How do psychologists use case studies, naturalistic observations, and surveys to observe and describe behavior?

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They offer snapshots of daily live that can lead to more psychological discoveries.

Question 19: What ethical research guidelines safeguard human and animal welfare?

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Informed consent and debriefing can help protect human and animal rights.

Question 20: What is the relative usefulness of the two measures of variation?

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Tells us how diverse the data is. Range and standard deviation.

Question 21: How do theories advance psychological science?

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The scientific method employs a self correcting procedure to evaluate ideas effectively, peer reviewers can help us evaluate ones work, theories can organize things effectively, and hypotheses prove a theory false.

Question 22: What are inferential statistics?

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Numerical data that allow people to generalize and infer the probability of something existing in a population.