Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Kurt Lewin, Random Assignment
1 Apr 2014
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Hindsight bias: the tendency for people to exaggerate how much they could have predicted the outcome after knowing that it occurred. Students read a story based on world war i events. When asked how predictable the outcome was, they felt it was obvious all along. Students who read a story with a different ending also thought the ending was obvious all along. Well-developed set of methods to answer questions about social behavior. These methods are of three type: the observational method, the correlational method, and the experimental method. Theory: an organized set of principles that can be used to explain observed phenomena. Hypothesis: a testable statement or idea about the relationship between two or more variables. The more people who witness an emergency, the less likely it is that any given individual will intervene diffusion of responsibility. Operational definition: the precise specification of how variables are measured or manipulated.
