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Across
  1. 4. : repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding generalizes to other participants and circumstances
  2. 7. study : an observation technique in which one person is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principles
  3. 13. : the perspective of psychological science that deals with how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures
  4. 14. : the perspective of psychological science that deals with how nature selects traits that promote the perpetuation of one's genes
  5. 15. : the science of behavior and mental processes
  6. 16. research : pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base
  7. 17. : the perspective of psychological science that deals with how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information
  8. 19. bias : the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it
Down
  1. 1. : a technique for ascertaining the self-reported attitudes or behaviors of people, usually by questioning a representative, random sample of them
  2. 2. thinking : thinking that does not blindly accept arguments and conclusions. Rather, it examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions
  3. 3. issue : the long-standing controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors
  4. 5. definition : a statement of the procedures used to define research variables. For example, intelligence may be operationally defined as what an intelligence test measures
  5. 6. : a testable prediction, often implied by a theory
  6. 8. : the perspective of psychological science that deals with how the body and brain create emotions, memories, and sensory experiences
  7. 9. psychology : a branch of psychology that studies, assesses, and treats people with psychological disorders
  8. 10. : the perspective of psychological science that deals with how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
  9. 11. genetics : the perspective of psychological science that deals with how much our genes, and our environment, influence our individual differences
  10. 12. research : scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
  11. 15. : a branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders, practiced by physicians who sometimes provide medical (for example, treatments as well as psychological therapy
  12. 18. : an explanation using an integrated set of principles that organizes and predicts observations