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social psychology
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the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another
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3 major themes of social psychology
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social thinking
social influence social relations |
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social neuroscience
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an integration of biological and social perspectives that explores the neural and psychological bases of social and emotional behaviour
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culture
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the enduring behaviours, ideas, attitudes, traditions, products, and institutions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
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social representations
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socially shared beliefs. widely held ideas and values, including our assumptions and cultural ideologies. they help us make sense of the world.
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naturalistic fallacy
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the error of defining what is good in terms of what is observable ie: typical=normal, normal=good.
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hindsight bias
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the tendency to exaggerate, after learning an outcome, one's ability to have foreseen how something turned out. (i knew it all along phenomenon).
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theory
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an integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events
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hypothesis
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a testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between events
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field research
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research done in natural, real-life settings outside of the labratory
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correlational research
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the study of naturally occuring relationships among variables
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experimental research
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studies that seek clues to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors (IVs) while controlling others (constant).
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random sample
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survey procedure in which every person in the population has an equal chance of inclusion. helps establish a population.
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independent variable
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the experimental factor that a researcher manipulates
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dependent variable
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the variable being measured, so called because it may depend on manipulations of the independent variable
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random assignment
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the process of assigning participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons have the same chance of being in a given condition. helps infer cause and effect.
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mundane realism
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degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations
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experimental realism
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degree to which an experiment absorbs and involves its participants
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demand characteristics
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cues in an experiment that tell the participant what behaviour is expected.
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informed consent
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an ethical principle requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate.
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