PSY 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Naturalistic Observation, Critical Thinking
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Intuition an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit , conscious reasoning. Hindsight bias the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. ( i knew it all along ) Critical thinking thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, appraises the source, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. Theory an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes observations and predicts behaviors or events. Hypothesis a testable prediction, often implied by a theory. Operational definition a carefully worded statement of the exact procedures used in a research study. Replication repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding extends to other participants and circumstances. Case study a descriptive technique in which one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles.
