PSYC 1100 Midterm: exam2.docx
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What happens if i never go to lab class? localization of function. Science literacy peer review between subjects design/within-subjects design independent/dependent and confounding variables. On the origin of species by natural selection australopithecus/homo erectus/homo neanderthal/homo sapiens. Naturalistic observation- observation of people or animals in their natural environment (observer does not interfere) Theory- an elaborated form of hypothesis; a set of statements that describes and explains known pacts, proposes relations among variables, and makes new predictions. Hypothesis- a tentative statement, designed to be tested by an experiment, about a cause- and-effect relation between two or more events. Survey- a study of people"s responses to standardized questions (they interfere with a situation in a natural or clinical setting) Variable- basically anything that can differ in amount, degree, or presense versus absense (ex: temperature, happiness) Manipulation- setting the values of an independent variable in an experiment to see whether the value of another variable is affected.
