PSYCH MISC PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE FINAL PAPER PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS PACKAGE

PSYCH MISC PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
FINAL PAPER PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS PACKAGE

●● Empirical Evidence
Answer: Info acquired by observation or experimenting


●● Scientific Method
Answer: procedure of gathering data and testing hypotheses


●● Confirmation Bias
Answer: Favoring info that confirms your beliefs (Seeing what you
believe)


●● Hindsight Bias
Answer: Believing events were predictable after they happened (I knew
it all along)


●● Overconfidence
Answer: Overestimating the accuracy of knowledge


●● Hypothesis

,Answer: A testable prediction


●● Falsifiable
Answer: Capable of being proven wrong


●● Peer Review
Answer: work being checked by others in the same field


●● Replication
Answer: Repeating a study to test its findings


●● Reliability
Answer: consistency of measurement


●● Validity
Answer: Accuracy of a test in measuring what it is supposed to measure


●● American Psychological Association (APA)
Answer: professional organization representing psychology in the US


●● Quantitative Data
Answer: numerical data

, ●● Qualitative Data
Answer: descriptive data


●● Likert Scales
Answer: Scale used to represent people's attitudes to a topic


●● Structured Interviews
Answer: Interviews following a set sequence of questions


●● Survey Technique
Answer: Research method asking questions to gather data


●● Wording Effect
Answer: Changes in responses caused by word choices in questions


●● Social Desirability Bias
Answer: A tendency to give socially approved answers


●● Naturalistic Observation
Answer: Observing subjects in their natural environment