PSY 310 Midterm: PSY310 Exam 1 Material

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 310
• Professor: christianluhmann

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Truthiness = a truth that a person claims to know intuitively from the gut without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts. An example of tenacity is believing that black cats are bad luck simply because . 10k race = exams: you heard the phrase many times, your car crashed into a tree after passing a black cat on the road, you heard the veterinarian say so, you conducted a methodically sound experiment. Degrees fahrenheit: types of variables: distinguished by the role that the variable plays in a particular type of study. Exercise in detecting evs: sing-along method to teach math: Iv: the method of learning: dv: the scores on the mathematics achievement test, ev: time (early morning vs. afternoon, etc. , manic medication: Iv: drug administered (placebo vs. new drug: dv: behavior, ev: the different nurses (2 different nurses); manipulation of the iv (drug administered, child development course: