PSY 113 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Meta-Analysis, Informed Consent, Statistical Inference
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Samantha meyers: the scientific method when applied to psychology relies heavily upon experimental and observational results. False: the fact that some people are more comfortable with risk than others, and that some people are more attracted by novelty than others is an argument that almost all behavior seen in humans is learned. True: the fact that play is seen in young humans across all cultures and is also seen in many animal species is evidence for an innate need for play in the normal maturation of the brain. Nature-nurture controversy: when we argue over whether a particular behavior or set of behaviors is innate or learned, this is an example of: True: a hypothesis is testable when it has the following attributes: All of the above: a definition that translates the variable we want to assess into a specific procedure or measurement is: An operational definition: the independent variable is the one which is measured in an experiment.
