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Social Psychology

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How do people affect us?   How we interpret events, How we feel about ourselves, How we behave  
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Hindsight Bias   tendency to believe that we had predicted an outcome ahead of time, after learning of the results  
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How does science work?   clearly define a problem or a question, collect data pertinent to said question, interpret data, implications of data  
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Operationalization   matching the question up with the idea being tested  
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Observation   watching in either a naturalistic or lab setting  
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Archival   Uses existing records as the data source  
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Survey   asking questions and evaluating the answers according to some coefficient  
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Experiments   Manipulation and control which infer causality  
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Correlational   things that occur together  
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Experimental Designs   Require causation, variables, and randomization  
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Variables   Independent, Dependent, Extraneous, Confounding  
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Standardized Procedures   Conditions are held constant during the conduct of an experiment  
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Experimental Reality   Experimental realism (feel reall to participants), Mundane realism (look and feel real to outside real)  
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Demand Characteristics   Cues that suggest how participants should act or respond  
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Validity   Internal validity, External validity  
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Ethical Guidelines   Informed consent and voluntary participation, risks and benefits, use of deception, confidentiality of records, information about the study and debriefing, IRB approval  
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Social Cognition   processes by which information about people is processed and stored. topics include schematic processing, reconstructive memory, reasoning, problem-solving, counterfactual thinking, and stereotyping  
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Memory   Retention of information over time  
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Basic process of Memory   Encoding, Storage, Retrieval (Attention and Schemas are also important for memory)  
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Schemas   Mental representations of of objects or categories  
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Social factors that might affect LTM   Accessibility, Stereotypes, Heuristics, In-groups/Out-groups  
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Cognitive factors that might affect LTM   Brain damage, Distractions, How much must be learned, Length of time given, How important it is at the time, How well you learned it, Time since you learned it  
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More cognitive factors that might affect LTM   Importance, Amount, Frequency of review, First or last thing learned, Similarity to other material, How it was presented, Competing tasks, Organizations, Effort versus auto-pilot  
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Accessibility   Ease with which a schema is activated. Priming increases accessibility. With chronic accessibility, some schema's are habitually activated  
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Availability Heuristic   Judgements based on how quickly or how easily examples come to mind. Events that are more available in memory are judged as more likely to occur  
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Representative Heuristic   Categorize based on how representative the object is of the larger category.  
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Illusory Correlation   Believing 2 categories are related when they are not.  
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Perseverance Effect   Hold onto self-evaluative beliefs even in the face of dis-confirming evidence.  
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Counterfactual Thinking   How past events might have turned out. Upward counterfactual is how things could have been better. Downward counterfactual is how things could have been worse.  
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Hot Cognition   Mixes feelings with thinking. Related to the self in a social context.  
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Self in social context   Self-serving judgements (self in a positive light). Self-serving perception of others (improve our evaluation of others). Self-serving activation of stereotypes (strategically make us look good).  
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Flashbulb Memories   Vivid detailed accounts or recollections of particularly important events. These can be idiosyncratic or history based.  
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Attribution Theory   Intuitive scientists and covariation.  
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Fundamental attribution error   Overestimate internal causes of behavior, underestimate external causes of behavior.  
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Non-verbal Behavior   eye contact, facial expressions, interpersonal distance, vocal cues, gestures, posture  
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Cultural differences in non-verbal behavior   Display rules (when, to whom, and how), hand gestures, interpersonal distance.  
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Self-perception   Looking glass self (integrate others judgments about us) Social comparison (Upward and downward) Use behavior to infer attitudes (especially when ambiguous).  
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Overjustification   Counter-intuitive: internal vs external rewards.  
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Self-serving judgments   Enhance our perceptions of self-worth. Have unrealistic optimism but have cultural differences.  
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Self-efficacy   Belief that you are capable  
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Illusions of control   Belief about the controllabilty of uncontrollable events.  
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Self-discrepancy theory   What happens when actual self, ideal self, and ought self conflict.  
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Actual self   How people believe they really are.  
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Ideal self   How people would like themselves to be.  
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Ought self   How people think they ought to be.  
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Impression management   The control of information we make available.  
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Self-presentation   Strategically present ourselves in different ways.  
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Actor/observer difference   The way we view a situation versus how outside observers view a situation (I drive fast because of special circumstances, other think I drive fast because I am a jerk)  
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Dispositions   Consistencies across time and settings. Enduring individual traits and differences  
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Self-esteem   a type of disposition. people's judgement of their own worthiness.  
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Self-concept   formed through social comparison and self-perception.  
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optimal distinctiveness theory   examines how we strike a balance between similarity (with an ingroup) and distinctiveness (as an individual)  
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Self-esteem   derives from personal experience, reflected appraisals by others, relationships, social comparison, and group comparisons  
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Narcissism   represents an exaggerated love of self.  
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Gender Stereotypes   expectations about how men and woman should behave.  
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Self-monitoring   individual differences in relying on external or internal cues to guide behavior  
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Need for cognition   individual differences in liking to think  
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Achievement motivation   individual differences in performance goals  
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Uncertainty orientation   individual differences in learning new things about oneself  
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Archival research   Refers to correlational investigation that are based on preexisting information obtained by the researcher  
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Correlational research   Refers to studies in which investigations measure two or more concepts and see whether the concepts are associated with one another  
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Debriefing   A full and complete description of the study’s design, purpose, and expected results are given to participants after the session is completed  
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Demand characteristics   Cues in a study that suggest to participants how they are supposed to respond  
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Dependent variable   Those concepts that are measured by the researcher and might be affected by the independent variable  
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Experimental realism   the extent to which the experimental setting feels realistic and involving to participants  
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Experimental research   empirical investigations in which researchers manipulate one concept (or more than one) and assess the impact of the manipulation(s) on one or more other concepts  
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External validity   refers to the extent to which research results can be generalized beyond the current sample  
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Extraneous variables   potential sources of error in the experiment and should be controlled  
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Factorial design   two or more independent variables  
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Field experiment   conducted in settings outside the laboratory, tend to increase both mundane realism and external validity  
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Hypothesis   specific predictions about what should occur if a theory is valid  
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Independent variable   manipulated factors in experiments  
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Informed consent   participants are told beforehand what to expect in the study  
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Institutional review board (IRB)   committee that ensures the procedures will not cause unacceptable harm to participants  
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Interaction   effect of one manipulation depends on the level of another manipulation  
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Internal validity   the extent to which the research yields clear causal information  
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Mundane realism   the extent to which the experimental setting looks and feels like the outside world.  
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Observational studies   correlational investigations in which the researcher watches participants and codes measures from the observed behavior  
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Operational definition   specific, observable responses that are used to measure a concept  
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Participant-observation research   special kind of observational study, in which the researcher actually joins an ongoing group to observe the members’ behavior  
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Psychometrics   a sub-discipline within psychology that is devoted to understanding and refining measures for psychological measurements  
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Random assignment   each participant in the experiment is equally likely to take part in any of the experimental conditions  
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Random sampling   every person in a particular population has the same probability of being in the study  
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Reliability   the consistency or stability of scores on a measure, both over time and across judges  
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Representative sample   a group of respondents that accurately reflects the larger population  
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Single-factor experiment   one independent variable  
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Socially desirable responding   respondents motivated to create a positive impression of themselves  
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Survey   correlational studies in which the researcher asks questions to respondents  
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Theory   explanations of why particular events or outcomes occur  
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Unobtrusive measures   the participants do not realize that the measures are being taken  
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Validity   refers to whether scores on a measure really represent the underlying concept they are supposed to represent  
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Behaviorism   Attempts to explain behavior purely in terms of stimulus-response connections established through experience and reinforcement.  
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Gestalt Theory   Assumes that people’s overall, subjective interpretations of objects are more important than the objects’ external, physical features.  
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Social contract   Idea that human societies have developed some basic rules of social and moral conduct, which members of the societies implicitly agree to follow  
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Social Psychology   Scientific study of how individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by other people  
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Encoding   getting information into memory and includes attention, comprehension, and storage  
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Retrieval   refers to getting information out of memory  
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Automatic process   a judgment or thought that we cannot control - it occurs without intention, very efficiently and something beneath our awareness  
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controlled process   a judgment or thought that we command - it is intentional, requires significant cognitive resources, and occurs within our awareness.  
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Blank Lineup   group of individuals (a lineup) that does not include the suspect  
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Sequential Lineup   each person in the group (lineup)separately  
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Mood-congruent recall   tendency for positive or negative feelings to make similarly valenced information more accessible in memory  
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False Consensus effect   assumption that other peopel share their attitudes and behaviors to a greater extent than is actually the case  
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Discounting principle   the perceived role of a cause will be discounted (reduced) if other plausible causes are present  
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Augmentation principle   the perceived role of a cause will be augmented (increased) if other factors are present that would work against the behavior  
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Relative deprivation   feelings of anger or resentment about one's outcomes based on comparison with better-off others  
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False hope syndrome   individuals repeatedly try (unsuccessfully) to achieve a goal despite previous failures  
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Ingratiation   behavior that is designed to make someone like you  
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Dispositions   individuals' consistencies across time and setting in a specific type of feeling, thought, and/or action, which make individuals different from other people  
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Parental investment hypothesis   having children is more costly for women than for men  
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