AP Psychology Scientific Method

The condition that exists when the probability that the findings are not due to chance

• statistical significance
• experimenter bias
• confounding variables

Descriptive research where one person or group is studied in depth; baby albert

• naturalistic observation
• experiment
• correlational study
• case study

"Monday Morning Quarterback" rarely act surprised about the outcome of the weekend football games.  This tendency to believe they knew how the game would turn out is best explained by which psychological principle?

• Overconfidence
• Hindsight Bias
• Intuition
• Illusory Correlation

Which of the following demonstrates the need for psychological science?

• Psychology's methods are unlike those of any other science
• Psychological experiments are less valuable without psychological science
• Out intuitions about human thinking and behavior are not always accurate
• Intuitions does not provide correct answers unless it is applied through the scientific method

Which of the following is a potential problem for a case study?

• They provide too much detail and the researcher is likely to lose track of the most important facts.
• They are generally  too expensive to economical
• They may be misleading because they don't fairly represent other cases
• The dependent variable is difficult to operationally define in a case study

A testable prediction is called (a/an):

• operational definition
• theory
• replication
• hypothesis

Mary watches several different species of birds to discover how they feed their young in their habitat, without being intrusive. This would be an example of what type of study?

• Case study
• Naturalistic observation
• Survey
• Experiment

What is curious skepticism?

• Closed to new ideas
• Goes along with anything
• Doesn't ask questions but also doesn't accept new ideas
• Open to new ideas but still questions them

All those in a group being studied is referred to as the...

• Random sample
• Representative sample
• Population
• Sampling bias

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

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