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Social Psychology |
The scientific study of how we think about, influence and relate to one another |
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Correlational |
Asking whether two or more factors are naturally associated |
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Experimental |
Manipulating some factor to see its effect on another |
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Independent Variable |
A variable whose variation does not depend on that of another |
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dependent variable
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A variable whose value depends on that of another
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hindsight bias |
The tendency to exaggerate, after learning an outcome, one’s ability to have foreseen how something turned out. |
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self concept |
A person’s answer to the question, “Who am I?” |
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self schema |
Beliefs about self that organize and guide the processing of self-relevant information |
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self reference effect |
The tendency to process efficiently and remember well information related to oneself |
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self serving bias |
The tendency to perceive oneself favorably |
