Intro Scientific Method

___ is also known as the "I knew it all along" phenomenon.

• Hindsight Bias
• Sampling bias
• Operationalizing
• Double blind research

___ take an in-depth look at a single individual, but cannot be replicated.

• Observations
• Case studes
• Surveys
• Correlations

___ predict the possibility of cause-effect relatoinships but cannot prove them.

• Experiments
• Correlations
• Surveys
• Case Studies

In an experiment the ___ variable is manipulated by the researcher.

• independent
• dependent
• confounding
• operational

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

• Intuition
• Hindsight bias
• Overconfidence
• Perceiving order in random events

After the student council election, a friend tells you he has known for weeks who would be elected president. What does this seem to illustrate?

• Overconfidence
• Hindsight bias
• Critical thinking
• Perceiving order in random events

After receiving a bad score on a test, you say that you knew you had the wrong answer on many of the questions. This is an example of __.

• Hindsight Bias
• overconfidence
• Skepticism
• Critical thinking

It is commonly believed that going outside when the weather is cold and rainy, you will get a cold. This is not true. This is an example of a(n) __.

• Illusory correlation
• placebo effect
• random assignment
• experiment

The study over a long period of time using the same group of people is called what?

• Longitudinal study
• Case study
• Survey
• Cross sectional study

A statement of procedure used to define research variables is what?

• Operational definition
• Case study
• Naturalistic observation
• Survey