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AWA Ch 1, 2, and 8

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show The tendency for people to exaggerate how much they could have predicted an outcome after knowing it occurred  
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Observational method   show
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show The method of researchers immersing themselves in the culture they are observing without imposing any preconceived notions they might have  
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show The level of agreement between 2 or more people who independently observe and code data; by showing that 2 or more judges independently come up with the same observations, researchers ensure that the observations are not the subjective, distorted impress  
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Archival analysis   show
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Correlational method   show
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Correlation conflict   show
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show Research in which a representative sample of people are asked (often anonymously) questions about their attitudes or behaviors  
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show A way of ensuring that a sample of a people is representative of a population by giving everyone in the population an equal chance of being selected for the sample  
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Experimental method   show
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Independent variable   show
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Dependent variable   show
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Random assignment to a condition   show
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show # that tells researchers how likely it is tht the results of their experiment occurred by chance and not because of the I.V. or variables;results are sig if the proby lvl is <5 in 100 that the results might be due to chance factors & not the I.V, studied  
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Internal validity   show
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show The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people  
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Mundane realism   show
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show The extent to which the psychological processes triggered in an experiment are similar to psychological processes that occur in everyday life; psychological realism can be high in an experiment even if mundane realism is low  
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Cover story   show
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Replication   show
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show A statistical technique that averages the results of two or more studies to see if the effect of an independent variable is reliable  
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Cross-cultural research   show
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show Experiments conducted in natural settings  
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show Studies that are done to find the best answer to the question of why people behave as they do and are conducted purely for reasons of intellectual curiosity  
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Applied research   show
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Informed consent   show
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Deception   show
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Institutional review board   show
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show Explaining to participants at the end of an experiment the true purpose of the study and exactly what happened  
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Conformity   show
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show Influence of other ppl tht leads us to conform bc we see them as a source of info to guide our behavior  
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Private acceptance   show
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show Conforming to other peoples behavior publicly without necessarily believing in what we are doing or saying  
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Contagion   show
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show The occurrence, in a group of people, of similar symptoms with no known physical cause  
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Social norms   show
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Normative social influence   show
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show The idea that conforming to social influence depends on the strength of the groups importance, its immediacy, and the number of people in the group  
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show The tolerance that a person earns over time by conforming to a groups norms  
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show The case where a minority of group members influence the behavior or beliefs of the majority  
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Injunctive norms   show
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show Peoples perceptions of how people actually behave in given situations, regardless of whether the behavior is approved or disapproved by others  
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Social Influence   show
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Social psychology   show
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Individual differences   show
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Fundamental attribution error   show
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show The school of psych maintaining that to understand human behavior, one need only consider the reinforcing properties of the environment - that is, how positive and negative events in the environment are associated with specific behaviors  
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show A school of psychology expressing the importance of studying the subjective way in which an object appears in peoples minds rather than the objective, physical attributes of that object  
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Self-esteem   show
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show How people think about themselves and the social world, more specifically how people select, interpret, and use the social information to make judgments and decisions  
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