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social psych

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show The tendency for people to exaggerate how much they could have predicted an outcome after knowing that it occurred  
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show The technique whereby a researcher observes people and systematically records measurements or impressions of their behavior  
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interjudge reliability   show
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show A form of the observational method in which the researcher examines the accumulated documents, or archives, of a culture  
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show The technique whereby two or more variables are systematically measured and the relationship between them is assessed  
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correlation coefficient   show
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surveys   show
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show A way of ensuring that a sample of 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 condition   show
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show A number calculated with statistical techniques that tells researchers how likely it is that the results of their experiment occurred by chance and not because of the independent variable or variables  
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show Making sure that nothing besides the independent variable can affect the dependent variable  
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external validity   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  
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cover story   show
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field experiments   show
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replications   show
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meta-analyis   show
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show Studies that are designed to find the best answer to the question of why people behave as they do and that are conduct purely for reasons of intellectual curiosity  
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applied research   show
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show Research conducted with members of different cultures, to see whether the psychological processes of interest are present in both cultures or whether they are specific to the culture in which people were raised  
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natural selection   show
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show The attempt to explain social behavior in terms of genetic factors that evolved over time according to the principles f natural selection  
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show Agreement to participant in an experiment, granted in full awareness of the nature of the experiment, which as been explained in advance  
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show Misleading participants about the true propose of a study or the events that will actually transpire  
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Institutional Review Board (IRB)   show
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show Explaining to participants, at the end of an experiment, the true purpose of the study and exactly what transpired  
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show hypotheses  
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Using archival analyses, scientists describe a culture by   show
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show negatively correlated  
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As long as the sample is selected randomly, we can assume that the sampled responses:   show
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show the more children view violence on tv the more aggressive their behavior  
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show field  
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How should research be conducted in order to resolve the basic dilemma of the social psychologist?   show
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Which of the following is a statistical technique that allows researcher to test how reliable the effects of an IV are over many replications   show
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show interjudge reliability  
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show positively  
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show the number of witnesses; helping behavior  
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When the only aspect that varies across conditions in an experiment is the IV the experiment is sad to have   show
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Social psychologist are most concerned with generalizability across   show
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show has psychological realism  
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The basic dilemma of the social psychologist is that   show
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While ____ research aims to solve a specific problem,___research tries to understand human social behavior purely for reasons of intellectual curiosity   show
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show psychologist have a primary obligation, and take reasonable precautions, to protect confidential information  
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What is the best research method to use to find out if watching violent pornography affects men's attitudes toward women   show
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Why is the experiment considered the method of choice by most social psychologists   show
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show the probability level (p-value)  
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Dr. Gomez studies different cultures by becoming a part of the cultural group being investigated. Dr. Gomaz most likely is using the _____method.   show
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show to maintain psychological realism  
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show cross-cultural research; the evolutionary approach; social neuroscience  
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What must follow the research study, especially when deception is used   show
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Which statement is true regarding theory refinement in social psychology   show
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show the results of the experiment generalize across situations and people  
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show facial expression;liking  
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show if one knows how much alcohol a student drinks, one can predict quite well the student's GPA  
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show the hindsight bias  
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show random assignment; random selection  
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show experimentation  
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The key to __is to avoid, as much as possible, imposing one's preconceived notions in order to understand the point of view of the ppl being studied   show
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Dr. Agger wants to study how images of women and men in magazine advertisements have changed over the last 50 years. which research method should Dr. Agger use?   show
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show natural selection  
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__are a convenient way of measuring people's attitudes   show
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The large survey conducted by the Literary Digest 1936 asking people which candidate they planned to vote for in the upcoming presidential election, failed to make a correct prediction because they ___   show
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show does not prove causation  
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The convention in science, including social psychology, is to consider results significant if the probability level is less than __in 100   show
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A goal of many cross-culture studies is to explore the differences between us by examining how culture influences ___   show
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show basic  
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show the method by which researchers attempt to understand a group or cultures by observing it from the inside, without imposing any preconceived notions they might have  
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