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1. Researchers conclusion mirror reality
2. There is no evidence and that phenomenon doesn't exist
Accurate detection anyways


Alternative hypotheses Statement that two variables are related




Derived form personal experience and unsympathetic
Anecdotal eveidence observations

Self control of learning
_________ can be effective but
only when learners have good
ideas about what an effective
learning strategy is


Classical conditioning Describes stimulus-stimulus learning

Correlation The measure of relatedness of two or more variables

Starts with general principles that are applied to specific
instances
Deductive reasoning When true the conclusion is by definition proven


Distribution of date Spread of values

, Allowed us large amounts of information into smaller pieces of
Expertise information

Evidence
Facts (Kuhn) Information


Falsified Testable

Habituation Response lessens with exposure




Reasoning skills
Higher score in working memory Reading comprehension
measures are predictive of Control of attention
better:

Encoding
How we go about ______
information determines a lot
about how much we remember

When we exhibit changes in behavior without having intended to
Implicit learning learn something

Exhibit changes in behaviour that reveal the influence of past
experience even though we are not attempting to use that
Implicit memory experience


Incidental learning Any type of learning that happens without the intension to learn

Induction Drawing general conclusions from specific observations

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