Psych 105 |272 midterm | questions with correct answers

Why to use scientific method - Answer Reduces Various bias (puts distance between researcher and participant) and helps to provide better theories (can be rested against and holds strong ) Hindsight bias - Answer - "I knew it all along" - Make sense of anything with info we already have - Know what happens after it happens present/present bias - Answer We only consider the evidence that is currently present and not anything that isn't Ex: someone stops in the middle of the intersection, so you think they are a bad driver, but their brakes were actually broken heuristic bias - Answer Making judgement based on what comes to mind the quickest. Fact - Answer Objective statement that is usually based on a direct observation that any reasonable observer would agree is true ( usually useless on their own but when connected they can better form a theory ) Theory - Answer well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations ( an explanatory framework) Hypothesis - Answer A testable prediction, often implied by a theory