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18 Cards in this Set
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social psychology (definition)
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the scientific study of how people think about, influence , and relate to one another
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Central Themes
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how we construe our social worlds
how our social institutions guide us and sometimes deceive us how our social behavior is shaped by other people personal attitudes and dispositions biological applicable |
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social psych vs sociology
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social - more individualistic, more experimental
sociology - larger groups, correlations |
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social psych vs personality psych
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social - focuses less on differences among individuals, and more on how poeple view and affect one another
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social = environmental
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reveals how the social environment influences behavior
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culture
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the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions 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, and widely held ideas and values, including our assumptions and cultural ideologies.
- help us make sense of our world. |
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naturalist fallacy
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the error of defining what is good in terms of what is observable. For example: What's typical is normal; what's normal is good.
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hindsight bias
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"I-knew-it-all-along"
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theory
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a set of principles that explain and predict observed events
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hypothesis
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a testable study describing a relationship
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field research
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research done in natural, real-life settings outside the laboratory.
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correlational research
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naturally occurring relationships among variables
no causation |
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experimental research
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cause and effect
manipulating factors (IVs) while controlling others |
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random sample vs random assingment
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random sample = every person has an equal chance of being chosen
random assingment = within a sample |
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mundane realism
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amount an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations.
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experimental realism
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participants = absorbed and involved
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deception
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occurs in research when participants are misinformed or mislead about the study's methods and purposes.
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