AP Psychology ALL Concept Flashcard Part 1

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What are cultural norms?

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shared expectations and rules that guide behavior

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What is confirmation bias?

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A tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

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What is hindsight bias?

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The tendency to perceive events as having been predictable after they have already happened.

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What is overconfidence in cognitive bias?

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An excessive confidence in one's own beliefs, judgments, or abilities.

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What is an experiment in research methodology?

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A systematic procedure carried out under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis

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What is random assignment in an experiment?

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A process by which study participants are assigned to treatment or control groups using chance procedures.

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What is a case study in research design?

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A detailed investigation of a single individual, group, event or community.

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What is a correlational study?

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A correlational study is a type of research design that examines the relationship between two or more variables without necessarily determining cause and effect.

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What is meta-analysis?

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A statistical technique for synthesizing research findings

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Which of the following is a statistical technique that combines data from multiple studies? Experiment, Random assignment, Meta-analysis, Case Study

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Meta-analysis