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psych U1M4
research methods, ethics, and statistics words
Question | Answer |
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hindsight bias | The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have forseen it. (I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon) |
scientific attitude | Being curious, skeptical, and humble when hearing information. |
perceiving order | natural tendency to make sense of something |
null hypothesis | hypothesis that has not yet been proven |
purposes of research | basic&applied research, to measure cognitive processes |
empirical research | Evidence based on observation and experimentation. |
critical thinking | thinking that doesn't blindly accept arguments; where you examine assumptions, the source, the evidence, etc |