PSYC 100 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Dependent And Independent Variables, Confounding, Random Assignment
5 Oct 2016
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Belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation. Set of principles about the appropriate relationship between ideas and evidence. Simplest theory that explains all the evidence is the best one. Any characteristic that can vary and can be measured. Defines a variable in terms of specific procedure used to produce or measure it. Device that can detect the condition to which an operational definition refers. Technique for gathering scientific information by unobtrusively observing people in their natural environments. Expectations can influence observations and influence perceptions of reality. Observation whose true purpose is hidden from both the observer and the person being observed. Those aspects of an observational setting that cause people to behave as they think they should. Graphical representation of measurements arranged by the number of times each measurement was made. Value of the largest measurement minus the value of the smallest measurement in a frequency distribution.
