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Explain behavior in terms of factors outside the person. |
Situational attributions
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Observers tend to attribute others' behavior to dispositions. |
Actor–observer difference.
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If you behave in a way that's inconsistent with your attributes, it will produce tension.
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Cognitive dissonance theory.
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About the direct and indirect pressures exerted by others to change someone's attitudes or behaviors. |
Social influence.
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Credibly susceptible to the demands of authority. |
Stanley Milgram.
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Aggression is always the product of frustration and frustration always leads to aggression according to this. |
Frustration–aggression hypothesis. |
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Our goal in life is to maximize our rewards and minimize our costs according to this.
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Social–exchange theory. (Minimax principle)
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We're obligated to help people who need our help.
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Social responsibility norm.
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We're obligated to help those who have helped us.
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Reciprocity norm.
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Refers to the consistency of people's scores on a test. |
Reliability.
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Coefficients larger than ___ are generally considered adequate evidence of reliability.
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+.70
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How well does the test correlate with itself? |
Internal consistency
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Measure of reliability.
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Cronbach's alpha |
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Whether the test looks as though it's measuring what it's supposed to.
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Face validity.
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Refers to how well scores on the test predict actual behavior.
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Predictive validity.
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Refers to whether scores on the questionnaire are related in expected ways.
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Construct validity.
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Most common occuring score. |
Mode
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Allow you to make inferences about populations based on the characteristics of your sample. |
Inferential statistics. |
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Deals with types of explanations people generate for others' behavior. |
Attribution theory
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Explain behavior in terms of factors inside a person.
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Dispositional attributions |
