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Lisa, a college student, had a great time at the party last night. She danced, sang karaoke, and even played the “rock band” video game-all behaviors that she had never exhibited in public before. She had been drinking the “punch” all night long, which she was told contained high levels of alcohol. Lisa was quite surprised to find out the next morning that the punch did NOT contain any alcohol. What concept may explain Lisa’s behavior?

The fact that many people, when looking at the moon that orbits Earth, see a face (commonly called “the man in the moon”) can be explained by the phenomenon of __________.

Vincent is designing a research study as part of his master’s thesis. He wants to do a laboratory study where he can control as many variables as possible, but he is concerned that his findings will not generalize very well from the laboratory setting to the real world. In technical terms, Vincent is concerned about the __________ of his study.

What famous American psychologist also heavily influenced the field of advertising?

An experiment would be described as __________ when neither researchers nor participants are aware of who is in the experimental or control group.

While playing poker with his friends, Matthew scratches his right leg before winning a very big hand. He decides that scratching his right leg will be his “lucky gesture,” and for a long time scratches his right leg with every hand that is dealt. This silly superstition violates which rules of critical thinking?

Because he often sees television reports about politicians who have behaved dishonestly and have been prosecuted for ethics violations, Warren has the impression that all politicians are dishonest and untrustworthy. This is an example of a(n) ___________.

A mechanism by which experts in a field carefully screen the work of their colleagues is known as __________.

The only research design that allows one to make cause-and-effect inferences is the __________ design.

The central concept used to assess whether a psychological measure actually measures what it is intended to measure is __________.