anecdote correct answers A brief interesting story about a specific case
assertion correct answers a claim or argument
biological plausibility correct answers an argument about a cause and effect relationship at least makes sense in terms of modern biological theories
clinical trial correc...
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anecdote correct answers A brief interesting story about a specific case
assertion correct answers a claim or argument
biological plausibility correct answers an argument about a cause and effect relationship at least
makes sense in terms of modern biological theories
clinical trial correct answers an experiment that tests the effect of an intervention on some
disease or behavioral outcome among humans
cognitive bias correct answers a tendency to make illogical, inaccurate, or unreasonable mental
assessments
control condition correct answers a condition in which the subjects are matched as closely as
possible to the subjects in the treatment group on many demographic variables, but not receiving
the active medication or factor under study and thereby serving as comparison group when
treatment results are evaluated
controlled study correct answers an experiment or clinical trail in which two or more groups are
used for comparison purposes
control group correct answers A group of subjects matched as closely as possible to the subjects
in the treatment group on many demographic variables, but not receiving the active medication
or factor under study and thereby serving as a comparison group when treatment results are
evaluated
dependent variable correct answers The variable you are measuring and that you hypothesize
will differ between the experimental and control conditions. (Also called the outcome variable)
dogma correct answers a set of principles or beliefs that cannot be doubted because they came
from an authority figure
empirical (empiricism) correct answers Based on sensory observations. Empirical means, in
Greek, "from experience". Empiricism means that to decide whether something is known, it must
be seen, heard, felt, or somehow otherwise observed
Evidence Based correct answers A belief that derives from factual sources of evidence
evidence based medicine correct answers Use of therapeutic interventions that have been
empirically tested for their effectiveness in a particular target population
Financial conflicts of interest correct answers a situation in which people have a financial reason
to support one position over others
, independent variable correct answers the variable that is manipulated in a clinical trial
peer reviewed journal correct answers Journals for which submitted manuscripts are evaluated by
others in the field, not merely by someone who works for that particular journal
placebo correct answers A control condition in a study which provides the means for comparison
with the experimental condition. The term was originally used in drug studies, but later spread to
behavioral interventions.
primary research sources correct answers empirical studies that are reported in a peer-reviewed
journal
PsycINFO correct answers a database that contains abstracts and often the entire paper for
psychology-related topics
PubMed/MEDLINE correct answers a database that contains the abstracts and often the entire
paper for health and disease related topics, assembled by the National Library of Medicine
review papers correct answers papers published in peer-reviewed journals that summarize and
critique individual primary source studies. These are secondary sources
secondary research sources correct answers Papers that describe several studies conducted on a
particular topic; often called review papers.
tertiary research sources correct answers Documents that describe the important conclusions that
can be drawn regarding a topic; designed for a lay audience, professionals, or policy makers
constant correct answers a variable in which the values are all the same (there is no variability)
co-vary correct answers when two variables "move together" that is, when a person scores higher
on one variable, he or she tends to score higher (or lower) on the other variable
account for variability correct answers identity some factor that has an effect on your variable of
interest
grand mean correct answers the mean of a set of values before it has been separated into groups
determined by a predictor variable
hypothesis correct answers a guess about the outcome of the experiment. A prediction.
predict correct answers Make a guess about the extent to which an outcome in which you are
interested is associated with (co-varies with) another variable.
theory correct answers an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events
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