AP Psychology Unit 2

A way to study an individual or a group is an example of ___?

• Naturalistic observation

• Case study

• Survey

• Random Sampling

The tendency to believe, after learning the outcome, that you knew it all along is the definition of...

• Overconfidence

• Hindsight Bias

• Perceiving order in random events

• Critical thinking

When people have the tendency to think they know more than they do

• Intuition

• Hindsight bias

• Overconfidence

• Perceiving order in random events

A method of gathering data by watching subjects in their natural environment without interference is known as ___?

• Naturalistic observation

• Case study

• Survey

• Experiment

The variable that is manipulated in an experiment to observe its effect is called the ___?

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable

• Control variable

• Confounding variable

Which of the following is a measure of central tendency?

• Mean

• Range

• Standard deviation

• Variance

The ethical principle requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate is called ___?

• Confidentiality

• Debriefing

• Informed consent

• Voluntary participation

A statistical statement of how likely it is that an obtained result occurred by chance is known as ___?

• Statistical significance

• Correlation coefficient

• Standard deviation

• Mean

The group in an experiment that is exposed to the treatment is called the ___?

• Control group

• Experimental group

• Placebo group

• Random group

Which research method involves an in-depth investigation of an individual subject?

• Survey

• Case study

• Naturalistic observation

• Experiment