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Social Psych Stangor
Chp 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Behavioral measures | Measured variables designed to directly measure and individuals actions. |
| Collectivism | A social norm, found primarily in Eastern cultures, that values other-concern and connections with others. |
| Common-causing variable | In correlational design, a variable that is not part of the research hypothesis but which caused the variables of interest to be correlated, thus producing a correlation b/w them. |
| Cover story | false or misleading statement by experimenter about what is being studies to reduce possibility of demand characteristics. |
| culture | group of people who have a geographic heritage in common and who share religious and family values and/or other moral beliefs |
| deception | practice of not completely and fully informing research participants about the nature of a research project, used when research couldn't be conducted if participants knew. |
| Dependent variable | in an experiment, the variable that is assumed to be caused by the independent variable, and the one that is measured by researchers. |
| empirical | based on the collection and systematic analysis of observable data |
| evolutionary adaptation | belief that human nature is determined by evolution |
| experimental research | includes the manipulation of a given situation or experience for two or more groups of individuals who are initially created to be equivalent, followed by a measurement of the effect of that experience. |
| external validity | extent to which the results of a research design can be generalized beyond the specific settings and participants used in the experiments to other places, people and time |
| falsifiability | characteristic of research hypothesis indicating that the variables of interest can be adequately measured and that the expected relationship between the variables can be shown through research to be false |
| field experiments | experimental research that is conducted in natural environment like a school or factory |
| hidsight bias | tendency to think we could have predicted something that we probably would not have been able to, once we know the information |
| independent variable | in an experiment, the variable that is manipulated by the researcher |
| individualism | a social norm, found primarily in Western cultures, that values self-concern and independence |
| ingroup | the people with whom we feel connected--thos who are familiar and similar to us |
| interactionism | the joint influence of the person and social situation on behavior (person-situation interaction: Lewin's formula) |
| internal validity | the extent to which changes in the dependent variable in an experiment can confidently be attributed to changes in the independent variable |
| kin selection | behaviors, performed by humans and other animals, that favor the reproductive success of their relatives |
| meta-analysis | statistical procedure in which results of existing studies are integrated to draw new conclusions about a research hypothesis |
| observational research | research that involves making observations of behavior, and recording them in an objective manner |
| operational definition | method used to measure a variable of interest...turns an idea into a measurable thing |
| outgroup | people who we do not see as part of our group |
| pearson correlation coefficient | statistic used to assess the strength and size of a relationship between 2 variables |
| random assignment to conditions | most common method of creating equivalence among the experimental conditions before experiment begins |
| replication | the repeating of research |
| research hypothesis | specific ad falsifiable prediction regarding the relationship b/w 2 or more variables |
| self-report measures | measures in which individuals are asked to respond to questions posed by an interviewer or on a questionnaire |
| social group | collection of individual people who are perceived, by themselves or others, to have something in common with eachother |
| social influence | processes thru which other people change our thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and thru which we change theirs |
| social norms | ways of thinking, feeling or behaving shared by group members and perceived by them as appropriate |
| social psychology | the scientific study of how we think about, feel about and behave towards others; and how our thoughts, feelings and behaviors influence and are influenced by other people |
| social situation | the other people around us who influence our behavior |
| variable | any attribution that can assume different values |
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