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Refers to the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it;
also called the I-knew-it-all-along phe- nomenon. |
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| is careful reasoning that exam- ines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evalu- ates evidence, and assesses conclusions. |
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| is an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts behav- iors or events |
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| is a testable prediction, often im- plied by a theory; testing the hypothesis helps sci- entists to test the theory |
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| is a precise statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables |
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| is the process of repeating an experi- ment, often with different participants and in dif- ferent situations, to see whether the basic finding generalizes to other people and circumstances. |
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| is an observation technique in which one person is studied in great depth, often with the intention of revealing universal princi- ples. |
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| is a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of a represen- tative, random sample of people. |
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| is the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors |
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| consists of all the members of a group being studied. |
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