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dogmatism |
the tendency to cling to assumptions and to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true, without consideration of evidence or the opinions of others |
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why are humans difficult to study? |
complexity variability reactivity |
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complexity |
the brain is infinitely complex |
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variability |
humans are diverse |
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reactivity |
we react when observed and when not differently |
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operational definition |
a description of a property in concrete, measurable terms |
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validity |
the goodness with which a concrete event defines a property IE the concrete event called the frequency of smiling is a valid way to define the property called happiness |
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operationalization |
the process of developing operational definitions, or specifying the exact operations involved in measuring a variable 1. define the property 2. detect the property |
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power |
an instrument's ability to detect differences or changes in the property |
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demand characteristics |
those aspects of an observational setting that cause people to behave as they think someone else wants or expects |
