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TW Ch. 2 Vocab
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- 1Hindsight Biasafter an event has occurred, to see the event as having been predictable, despite there having been little or no objective basis for predicting it.
- 2OverconfidenceWhen you believe you did better then what you actually did.
- 3Scientific methoda method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
- 4Hypothesisproposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence
- 5Operational definitions AKA operation definitionintuitive concepts, such as intelligence need to be operationally defined before they become amenable to scientific investigation
- 6Case studya process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time.
- 7SurveyGetting peoples opinion on questions and or ideas
- 8naturalistic observationcollection of data without manipulation of the environment
- 9correlationa relationship between two or more things
- 10correlation coefficienta numerical representation of the strength and direction of the relationship.
- 11scatterplotvisual representation of the relationships or associations between two numerical variables
- 12Illusory correlationthe phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables