AP Psychology: Unit 0 Vocabulary

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Hindsight bias

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Tendency to believe one could have foreseen an outcome

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Overconfidence

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Overestimation of one's ability to perform a task

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Peer review

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Evaluation of scientific or academic work by qualified professionals

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Cultural norms

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Societal rules or standards for behavior within a culture

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Confirmation bias

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Tendency to gather evidence that confirms preexisting expectations

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Experimenter bias

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Systematic errors in research due to a researcher's behavior or beliefs

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Survey

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Technique for ascertaining self-reported attitudes or behaviors

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Theory

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Explanation using principles to organize observations and predict behaviors

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Validity

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Extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to

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Case study

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Observation technique studying one person in depth