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The degree to which different observers agree on their observations

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Interrater Reliability

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The extent to which measure used in a study measure the variables they were designed to measure and the manipulations in an experiment manipulate the variable they are designed to manipulate.

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Construct Validity

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Participants disclose their thoughts, feelings, desires and actions.

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Self- Report

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An organized set of principles used to explain observed phenomena.

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Theory

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Research whose goal is to increase understanding of human behavior, often by testing hypotheses based on a theory.

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Basic Research

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They examine racial and ethnic group within culture

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Multicultural Research

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A subfield of psychology that examines the effects of genes on behavior

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Behavioral Genetics

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Self Report, in which respondents report their experiences as soon as possible after being signaled to do so, text message or beeper.

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Signal - Contingent

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Lengthy responses on a general topic. Researchers request or taken from other sources (diaries, book, speeches or chat discussion)

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Narrative Studies

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The specific way in which a conceptual variable is manipulated or measured

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Operational Definition

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The specific procedure for manipulating or measuring a conceptual variable.

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Operational Definition

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Self Report, in which respondents report their experiences at regular intervals, usually once a day.

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Interval Contingent

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A method of assigning participants to the various conditions of an experiment so that each participants i=has an equal chance of being in any of the conditions.

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Random Assignment

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14
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The results you find in your experiment may be produced by your OWN actions rather than by the independent variable.

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Experimenters Expectancy Effect

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The extent to which the result obtained under one set of circumstances would also occur in a different set of circumstances

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External Validity

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Refers to the extent to which the research setting resembles the real-world setting of interest.

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Mundane Realism

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The degree to which experimental procedures are involving to participate and lead them to behave naturally and spontaneously.

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Experimental Realism

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18
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In testing hypotheses in social psychology is to used a set of statistical procedures to examine , in a way relevant research that has already been conducted and reported.

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Meta Analysis

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People who act as though they are participants in the experiment but are really working for the experimenter

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Confederates

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Providing participants with false information abou the experimental procedure.

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Deception

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A disclosure, made to participants after research procedures are completed, in which the researchers explains the purpose of the study, attempt to resolve negative feelings, and emphasizes the scientific contribution made by the participants .

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Debriefing

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22
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A nonconscious form of
self-enhancement

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Implicit Egotism

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23
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refers to actions people take to handicap their own performance
in order to build an excuse for anticipated failure.

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Self- Handicapping

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24
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found that at
times, the harder you try to inhibit a thought, feeling, or behavior, the less likely you are to succeed

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Ironic Processes

25
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A personality characteristic of
individuals who are introspective,
often attending to their own
inner state

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Private Self Consciousness

26
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A personality characteristic
of individuals who focus on
themselves as social objects,
as seen by others.

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Public Self Consciousness

27
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The defensive tendency to
compare ourselves with others
who are worse off than we are.

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Downward social comparison

28
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a tendency to believe
that the social spotlight shines more brightly on them
than it really does. In one set of studies, participants were asked to wear a T-shirt with a flattering or embarrassing image into a room full of strangers, after which
they estimated how many of those strangers would be able to identify the image

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Spotlight Effect

29
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the tendency to
regulate one’s own behavior to meet the demands of social situations

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Self Monitoring

30
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Eastern system
of thought that accepts the
coexistence of contradictory
characteristics within a single
person.

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Dialeticism

31
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enduring, detailed, high-resolution recollections and speculated that humans are biologically equipped for survival purposes
to “print” dramatic events in memory

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Flashbulb Memory

32
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found across many cultures that may occur
because these are busy and formative years in one’s life

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Reminiscence bump

33
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According to this provocative
and infl uential theory, we humans are biologically
programmed for life and self-preservation. Yet we are
conscious of—and terrifi ed by—the inevitability of
our own death. To cope with this paralyzing, deeply
rooted fear, we construct and accept cultural worldviews about how, why, and by whom the earth was
created; religious explanations of the purpose of our
existence; and a sense of history fi lled with heroes,
villains, and momentous events

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Terror Management Theory

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The theory that humans cope
with the fear of their own death
by constructing worldviews
that help to preserve their
self-esteem.

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Terror Management Theory

35
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characteristics that would
enable you to meet your sense of duty, obligation, and responsibility

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Ought

36
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that embodies your hopes, wishes, and dreams. If you follow these instructions, you should have
three lists: your actual self, your ought self, and your ideal self

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Ideal

37
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The theory that self-focused
attention leads people to notice
self-discrepancies, thereby
motivating either an escape
from self-awareness or a change
in behavior.

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self-awareness theory

38
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the process by which we try to shape what other people think of us and what we think
of ourselves

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Self Presentation

39
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consists of our eff orts to shape others’ impressions in specific
ways in order to gain influence, power, sympathy, or approval

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Strategic self-presentation

40
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desire to have others perceive us as we truly perceive ourselves.

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Self Verification

41
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The tendency
to change behavior in response
to the self-presentation concerns
of the situation.

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Self Monitoring

42
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tendency to regulate one’s own behavior to meet the demands of social situations

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Self Monitoring

43
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The defensive tendency to
compare ourselves with others
who are worse off than we are.

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Downward Social Comparison

44
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To increase self-esteem by
associating with others who
are successful.

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bask in reflected glory (BIRG)

45
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People often sabotage
their own performance
in order to protect their
self-esteem

t or f,?

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True

46
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Behaviors
designed to sabotage one’s own
performance in order to provide
a subsequent excuse for failure

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Self handicapping

47
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unconscious and subtle form of self-enhancement

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Emplivit Egotism

48
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Sometimes the harder you try to control a
thought, feeling, or
behavior, the less
likely you are to succeed.

T or F?

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True

49
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A personality characteristic of individuals who are introspective,
often attending to their own
inner states.

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Self Private Consciousness

50
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tendency to believe
that the social spotlight shines more brightly on them
than it really does.

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Spotlight Effect

51
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term used
to describe acts that are motivated by the
desire to “get along” with others and be liked

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Ingratiation

52
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term used
to describe acts that are motivated by a desire to “get ahead” and gain respect for one’s
competence

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Self Promotion

53
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Theory that humans cope
with the fear of their own death
by constructing worldviews
that help to preserve their
self-esteem.

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Terror Management Theory

54
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theory that when internal
cues are diffi cult to interpret,
people gain self-insight by
observing their own behavior

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Self Perception Theory

55
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It’s more adaptive to
alter one’s behavior than
to stay consistent from
one social situation to
the next

T or F?

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False

56
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Research technique—a procedure in
which participants are led to believe that their responses
will be verified by an infallible lie detector.

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Bogus Pipeline Technique

57
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to describe people and their
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

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Descriptive Research

58
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Ways as to how to test research

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observation research, archival, survey

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