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individual differences |
Differences in personality from one person to another |
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intrapersonal functioning |
Psychological processes that take place within the person |
Opposite of interaction processes |
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parsimony |
the quality of requiring few assumptions;simplicity |
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correlation coefficient |
a numeric index of the degree of correlation between two variables |
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dependent variable |
The variable measured as the outcome as an experiment; the effect in a cause-effect relationship |
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independent variable |
the variable manipulated in an experiment and tested as the cause in a cause-effect relationship |
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interaction |
a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable differs depending on the level of another predictor variable |
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random assignment |
the process of putting people randomly into groups of an experiment so their characteristics balance out across groups |
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third variable problem |
The possibility that an unmeasured variable caused variations in both of two correlated variables |
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introvert-extrovert |
introvert – someone who prefers solitary activities extravert – a person who's outgoing and prefers social and exciting activities |
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factor analysis |
a statistical procedure used to find basic dimensions underlying a set of measures |
Boiling down a lot of factors |
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idiographic vs nomothetic |
Idiographic - pertaining to an approach that focuses on an individual person's uniqueness nomothetic – pertaining to an approach that focuses on norms and on variations among persons |
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interactionism |
The idea that situations and personality interact to determine behavior |
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situationism |
the idea that situations are the primary determinant of behavior |
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need |
an unsatisfactory internal condition that motivates behavior |
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press |
an external stimulus that increases the level of a motive |
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motive |
cognitive-affective clusters organized around readiness for a particular kind of experience |
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need for achievement |
the need to overcome obstacles and attain goals |
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need for affiliation |
the need to form and maintain relationships and to be with people |
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need for power |
the need to have influence over other people |
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