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PSYC 255 (online)- Quiz 1(Chapter 1 & 2) questions fully
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Alternative explanations - answer Part of causal inference; a
potential alternative cause of an observed relationship between
variables.
Applied research - answer Conducting research to address issues
in which there are practical problems and potential solutions.
Authority - answer The capacity to influence others either directly
or indirectly. Formal authority, for example, enables an individual to
exert influence as a result of either high, legally recognized office
(legitimate authority).
Basic Research - answer Research tries to answer fundamental
questions about the nature of behavior.
Covariation of cause and effect - answer Part of causal inference;
observing that a change in one variable is accompanied by a change
in a second variable.
Empiricism - answer Use of objective observations to answer a
question about the nature of behavior. The idea that knowledge is
based on observations.
Falsifiability - answer The principle that a good scientific idea or
theory should be capable of being shown to be false when tested
using scientific methods.
, Goals of behavioral science - answer Scientific research on
behavior has four general goals 1) to describe behavior, 2) to
predict behavior, 3) to determine the cause of behavior and 4) to
understand or explain behavior. All are closely intertwined.
Intuition - answer Your personal judgement or a single story about
one person's experience tells you.
Peer review - answer The process of judging the scientific merit of
research through review by other scientists with the expertise to
evaluate the research.
Program evaluation - answer Research designed to asses
procedures that are designed to produce certain changes or
outcomes in a target population. Social reforms and innovations
that occur in government, education, the criminal justice system,
industry, health care, and mental health institutions.
Pseudoscience - answer Claims that are made on that basis of
evidence that, despite appearances, is not based on the principles
of the scientific method. This is a "fake" science in which seemingly
scientific terms and demonstrations are used to substantiate claims
that have no basis in scientific research.
Skepticism - answer That ideas must be evaluated on the basis of
careful logic and results from scientific investigations.
Temporal precedence - answer Part of causal inference; the cause
occurs before the effect.
Abstract - answer is a summary of the research report and typically
runs no more than 120 words in length. It includes information
about the hypothesis, the procedure, and the broad procedure, and
the broad pattern of results.
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