You should know the definitions of the following key terms from the chapter. They are listed in the order in which they appear in the chapter. For those you do not know, return to the relevant section of the chapter to learn them. When you think that you know all of the terms, complete the matching exercise based on these key terms.
psychology
biological perspective
cognitive perspective
behavioral perspective
sociocultural perspective
hindsight bias (I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon)
descriptive methods
naturalistic observation
participant observation
case study
survey research
population
sample
random sampling
correlational study
variable
correlation coefficient
positive correlation
negative correlation
scatterplot
third-variable problem
random assignment
independent variable
dependent variable
experiment
experimental group
control group
operational definition
placebo effect
placebo
nocebo effect
placebo group
inferential statistical analyses
double-blind procedure
meta-analysis
descriptive statistics
frequency distribution
mean
median
mode
range
standard deviation
normal distribution
percentile rank
right-skewed distribution
left-skewed distribution
Identify the correct term for each of the following definitions.
third-variable problem
double-blind procedure
median
right-skewed distribution
placebo effect
negative correlation
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random assignment
percentile rank
biological perspective
operational definition
hindsight bias (I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon)
scatterplot
population
range
inferential statistical analyses
The following are practice multiple-choice test questions on some of the chapter content. If you guessed on a question or incorrectly answered a question, restudy the relevant section of the chapter.
c; behavioral
d; sampling randomly from a list of all the students enrolled at your school
c; experimental
b; positively; negatively
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b; –.81
c; independent variable; dependent variable
c; placebo
a; mode; mean
b; 68
c; less; greater
d; random sampling
c; students’ scores tended to be very similar to one another
a; 16
c; naturalistic observation that turned into participant observation
a; a lot of scatter with data points going from top left to bottom right
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