Unit 1 Part II (Vocab A)

the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

• overconfidence

• confirmation bias

• hindsight bias

• foresight bias

the explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events

• theory

• hypothesis

• operational definition

• replication

a testable prediction, often implied by a theory

• theory

• replication

• operational definition

• hypothesis

a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study

• theory

• operational definition

• replication

• case study

repeating the essence of a research study; usually with different participants indifferent situations....

• theory

• case study

• replication

• operational definition

a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth of revealing universal principles.

• naturalistic observation

• survey

• replication

• case study

a descriptive technique of observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate or control the situation.

• case study

• survey

• naturalistic observation

• hypothesis

a descriptive technique for obtaining self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a particular group

• survey

• naturalistic observation

• case study

• theory

a flawed sampling process that produces an unrepresentative example.

• random sample

• population

• sampling bias

• confirmation bias

all those in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn.

• population

• random sample

• survey party

• group pot