PSY BEH 9 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: American Psychological Association, Central Tendency, Aspirin

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 9
• Professor: Christine Lofgren

Document Summary

Review for midterm 1 - chapter 1: after the u. s. occupation of iraq led to a civil war rather than a peaceful democracy, some commentators perceived the result as inevitable. D) the standard deviation: hindsight bias leads people to perceive research findings as. D) unsurprising: according to emily"s grandfather, adolf hitler"s obvious emotional instability made it clear from the beginning days of his international conflicts that germany would inevitably lose world war ii. D) random sampling: as students prepare for a test, they often believe that they understand the course material better than they actually do. D) critical thinking: after predicting world events, such as whether quebec would separate from canada, experts maintained that they were. Almost right. this attitude is an example of. D) the double-blind procedure: psychologists attempt to let the facts speak for themselves by using an approach that is best described as.