AP Psychology Research Review

You must ____ an experiment to show if your basic findings can be reproduced making them likely to be accurate.

• theorize

• replicate

• functionalize

• empericize

When you see a relationship where none exists. Ex: you win the lotto on your birthday so you buy a lotto ticket each year on your birthday.

• case study

• illusory correlation

• replication

• correlation

This is why you should play one hole of golf against a PGA Tour golfer rather than 9 holes.

• regression toward the mean

• illusory correlation

• hindsight bias

• variable

This is the extent to which 2 factors vary together ex: more tooth brushing = less cavities.

• correlation

• case study

• naturalistic observation

• theory

This fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion.

• random assignment

• random sample

• hindsight bias

• sampling bias

This is a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the value of 2 variables. would be used in a correlational study.

• plot box

• scatterplot

• variables

• samples

A perfect negative correlation is a -1, a perfect positive is a +1, and no correlation is a 0

• correlation

• correlation coefficient

• variable

• operational definition

The "I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon.

• sampling bias

• correlation

• hindsight bias

• replication

This is a descriptive technique of observing and recording behavior in a naturally occurring situation without manipulating the situation.

• survey

• case study

• naturalistic observation

This is a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth.

• case study

• naturalistic observation

• survey