AP Psychology Chapter 1 Vocabulary

What is a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of the group? 

• Survey 
• Correlation
• Scatter plots
• Experiment 

What is the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it; also known as the "I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon.

• Hypothesis 
• Median 
• Experiment 
• Hindsight Bias 

What is rationally deciding what to believe or what to do? 

• Naturalistic Observation
• Critical Thinking 
• Illusory Correlation 
• Control Group 

What is the beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people?

• History 
• Culture 
• Religion 
• Information 

What is a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data?

• Theory
• Case Study 
• Random Sample
• Experiment 

What is a testable prediction, often implied by a theory?

• Operational Definition 
• Random Assignment 
• Hypothesis 
• Culture 

What is a statement of the procedures used to define research variables? 

• Operational Definition 
• Independent variable
• Standard deviation
• double-blind procedure

What term refers to replicating the original study? 

• Range
• Mode
• Scatterplots
• Replicate

What is an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles?

• Placebo effect
• Double-blind procedure
• Operational definition
• Case Study 

What is a study, generally in the form of an interview or questionnaire, that provides researchers with information about how people think and act?

• Culture
• Survey
• Theory
• Mode