UH Manoa PSY100 Masuda Exam 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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UH Manoa PSY100 Masuda Exam 1
Study Guide with Complete Solutions
psychological science - Answer️️ -the study, through research, of mind,
brain, and behavior
hindsight bias - Answer️️ -accepting after-the-fact explanations;
reinterpreting old evidence to make sense of an unexpected out...
UH Manoa PSY100 Masuda Exam 1
Study Guide with Complete Solutions
psychological science - Answer✔️✔️-the study, through research, of mind,
brain, and behavior
hindsight bias - Answer✔️✔️-accepting after-the-fact explanations;
reinterpreting old evidence to make sense of an unexpected outcome
confirmation bias - Answer✔️✔️-ignoring or downplaying evidence that is
inconsistent with one's beliefs
stream of consciousness - Answer✔️✔️-a phrase coined by William James to
describe each person's continuous series of ever-changing thoughts
localization of function - Answer✔️✔️-the idea that various brain regions
have particular functions
personality psychology - Answer✔️✔️-the study of enduring characteristics
that people display over time and across circumstances
nature/nurture debate - Answer✔️✔️-the arguments concerning whether
psychological characteristics are biologically innate or acquired through
education, experience, and culture
descriptive research - Answer✔️✔️-research designed to observe behavior
and describe that behavior systematically and objectively
experimental research - Answer✔️✔️-research designed to discover causal
relationships between variables
correlational research - Answer✔️✔️-research designed to describe and
predict how variables are naturally related in the real world, without any
attempt by the researcher to alter them or assign causation between them
Law of Parsimony - Answer✔️✔️-Occam's Razor, the idea that good theories
tend toward simplicity
reliability - Answer✔️✔️-the degree to which a measure is stable and
consistent over time
confound - Answer✔️✔️-anything that affects a dependent variable and may
unintentionally vary between the experimental conditions of a study
replication - Answer✔️✔️-repetition of a research study to confirm or
contradict the results
directionality problem - Answer✔️✔️-a problem encountered in correlational
studies; the researchers find a relationship between two variables, but they
cannot determine which variable may have caused changes in the other
variable
observer bias - Answer✔️✔️-systematic errors in observation that occur
because of an observer's expectations
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