chap 1 Flashcards
What is Social Psychology?
Is the study of how people affect and are affected by others.
What is Behaviorism?
Theoretical Approach that sees to explain behavior in terms of learning principles without reference to inner states thoughts or feelings
What is Freudian psychoanalysis?
Theoretical approach that seeks to explain behavior by looking at the deep unconscious forces in a person.
What does the ABC triad stand for?
Affect behavior and cognition- the three deminsions of social psychology which explain the efect ofother peiople on out thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
What does affect stand for in the abc triad?
how people feel inside
What does behavior stand for in the abc triad?
what people do
What does cognition stand for in the abc triad?
What people think about
What is anthropology?
The study of human culture- shared values beliefs and practices of a group of people
What are economics?
The study of production, distribution, and consumption o goods and service/ the stfdy of money
What is history?
The study of past events
What is political science?
The study of political orginiztions and institutions
What is sociology,?
The study of human societies and the grouos that form those societies
What is psychology?
The study of human behavior
What is biological psychology?
The study of what happens in the brain, nervous system and other aspects of the body
What is clinical psychology?
Branch of psycology tat focuses on behavior disordersand other forms of mental iullness and how to treat themq
What is cognitive psychology?
The study of thought processes such as how memory works a d what people notice
What is developmental psychology?
The study of how people change across their lives from conception and birth to old age and death
What is personaloty psychology?
The ranch of psychology that focuses on impofrtant diffewrences between individuals
What is philosophy?
“Love of wisdom” the pursuit of knowledge about fundemental matters such as life death meaning reality and truth
What is applied research?
Research that focuses on solving practical problems
What is b asic research?
Research that focuses on basc understanding of basic principles that can be applied to many different problems
What ius a hypothesis?
A prediction tested in an expriement
What is a Within-subjects design?
Participants are exposed tp all levels of the IV
What is the between subjects design?
Participantds are exposed to only one level of the IV
What are theories
Theories are a framework or paradigm about a certain subject or issue
What is an Independent variable?
A variable manipulated by researcher that is assumed to lead to changes in the iv
What is the dependent variable?
The variable in a study that represents the result of the events and process. The variable that changerelies o the indepoencent variable
What are operational definitions?
observable operations procedures and measurements that are based on the iv and dv
What is the CVaonfederate?
A research assistant pretending to be another participant in the study
What is Construct validity of cause?
Extent to which IV is vald reporesentation of theoretical stimulus
What is the construct validity of the effect?
extent to which the DV is a valid representation of the theoretical response
What is an experiment ?
Study which researcher manipulate IV and randomly assigns people to groups (levels of IV
What is Random Assignment?
The procedure wherby each study participant has an equal chance of being in each treatment group
What is the institutional review board?
Is a committee that makes sure that a research study conducted in a universoty setting is ethical the board must contain at least one scietist one non scientist and one person not affiliated with the univeristy
What is a consent form.
A form that notes to the participants all of the ins an out of what the experiement entails so they know nwhat they sign uo for and can answe accordingly
What is the demand charecteristic?
any clues in a study that suggests to participants what the researchersa hyupothesis is
What are deception studies
research studies that withold information from partcipants or intentionally mislead them about the purpose of the study
What is debreifing?
An oral or writtn statement participants recieve at the end of the study is serves two main purposes
What are the two purposes of debriefing?
- to fully inform participants about the study and answer any questions they have
- to reduce or eliinate any stress or harm the participnt experienced by being in the study
What is a quasi experiement?
A type of studyt in which the researcher can manipulate an independent variable but can not randomly assign participants to conditions
What is experimentasl realism?
The extwent to which study participants get so caught up in the procedures that they forget they are in an expereiment
What is mundane realism?
Refers to whether the experiment of the setting pysically remebles the world
what is externl valididty
the extent to which the findings from a study can be generalizrd to other people other settings and other time periods
What is correlational approach?
non expereimental methodn in which the researcher merely observers whether variables are associated or related
What is correlational?
the relation or asdsocation bvetween two variable
What is correlaion coefficient?
Thestatstical relationship or association between two variables
What is meta- analysis?
a quantatative literature review that combinesthe statistical results from all studies conducted on a topic
What is a random sample?
A sample in whiuch everyone from the population studied has an equal oppurtunity of being selected
What is population?
The total number of people under consideration
What is margin of error?
A statistical measure of the amount of random sampling error in a surveys results for example, a 3% margin of error means the surveys results could be three percent higher or lowrr
What is reliability?
A measure that gives consistent rersults
What is valididty
How accurate the results ar if the easure actually measures what it purports to measure
What is replication?
repeating a study to see if it is reliable
