Psychology Unit 2 Final Exam Review

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Method of intense study of just one individual:

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Case Study

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A type of observation conducted in the participants' normal environment without interference from the researchers.

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Naturalistic observation

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This research method is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.

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Case Study

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Double-Blind Study

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Study in which neither the experimenter nor the subjects know if the subjects are in the experimental or the control group.

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A strength of a case study is ....

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Useful for studying a phenomenon that can not be studied otherwise (Brain damage)

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What is bias?

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a predisposition to a certain point of view despite what the facts suggest

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How can volunteer bias affect the outcome of a study?

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It can invalidate it, if the volunteers hold bias that is counter to the opinions of those who are not part of the study, but are represented by it.

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When people have the tendency to think they know more than they do

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Overconfidence

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A famous case study in which the subject was severely neglected throughout their childhood and was unable to learn how to properly communicate, socialize, and function as a independent human being.

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Genie

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A famous case study where the subject suffered a traumatic brain injury when an iron rod went through their skull and they lived. After the accident and after surgery, they found that the subject's personality changed and they became more impulsive.

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Phineas Gage