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21 Cards in this Set
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Persona |
Latin for mask; conceptual definition commonly used by laymen; physical attractiveness |
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Relatively Permanent |
gradually changes over time |
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Traits |
predisposed, genetics, heredity |
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Characteristics |
molded combined with the environment |
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Theoria |
refers to the act of contemplating about something |
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Theory |
groups of assumptions that explain abstract constructs; based on logical deductive reasoning to form testable hypothesis; constructed by people, not by nature |
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Theory of Personality |
Set of beliefs that help is understand human nature |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess; tentative answers to problems; testable |
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Speculation |
Based on intuition, sometimes it is not testable |
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Taxonomy |
classification of things according to their natural relationships |
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Inductive Theories |
Created from a solid database, started from gathering particular data before creating a general conclusion. (Saying smoking is deadly after gathering evidences.) |
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Deductive Theories |
Can be precisely stated and tested; starting from general idea (Ex. Gathering evidences to prove that smoking is deadly.) |
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Postulates |
Fundamental or core assumptions of a theory that are taken as slef-evidently true; finding corollaries to support the postulate |
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Propositions |
General relational statements that may be true or false; not tested directly but used to derive hypotheses; like hypothesis of a theory, but is anchored with postulate. |
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Conceptual Definitions |
Concepts in the hypotheses defined precisely for accurate measures; varies in every theory; not measurable |
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Operational Defintions |
Procedures or operations used to defined particular constructs; measurable |
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Replication |
Duplication or repetition of an experiment or study; one way to measure external validity of a theory; if it is modifiable or plagiarized |
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External Validity |
Generalization of theory |
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Experimental |
Cause and effect of variables; must have two levels independent variable and at least one dependent variable; must have random assignment |
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Within-Subjects Design |
One group but receives all different treatment conditions respectively |
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Correlational Technique |
Association of variables to know the relationship; must not conclude the one effect of the other |
