Sozialpsychologie I
Uni Bern, FS17 Entnommen aus MindTap
Uni Bern, FS17 Entnommen aus MindTap
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| Flashcards | 117 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | Psychology |
| Level | University |
| Created / Updated | 23.02.2017 / 14.05.2022 |
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Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
multicultural research
Research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
behavioral economics
An interdisciplinary subfield that focuses on how psychology—particularly social and cognitive psychology—relates to economic decision making.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
Social psychology
The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
cross-cultural research
Research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
behavioral genetics
A subfield of psychology that examines the role of genetic factors in behavior.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
interactionist perspective
An emphasis on how both an individual’s personality and environmental characteristics influence behavior.
A system of enduring meanings, beliefs, values, assumptions, institutions, and practices shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
social cognition
The study of how people perceive, remember, and interpret information about themselves and others.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
social neuroscience
The study of the relationship between neural and social processes.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
embodied cognition
An interdisciplinary subfield that examines the close links between our minds and the positioning, experiences, and actions of our bodies.
Chapter 1 - What Is Social Psychology?
evolutionary psychology
A subfield of psychology that uses the principles of evolution to understand human social behavior.
In the context of research, a method that provides false information to participants.
Chapter 2 - Doing Social Psychology Research
mundane realism
The degree to which the experimental situation resembles places and events in the real world.
Chapter 2 - Doing Social Psychology Research
confederates
Accomplice of an experimenter who, in dealing with the real participants in an experiment, acts as if he or she is also a participant.
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construct validity
The extent to which the measures used in a study measure the variables they were designed to measure and the manipulations in an experiment manipulate the variables they were designed to manipulate.
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experimental realism
The degree to which experimental procedures are involving to participants and lead them to behave naturally and spontaneously.
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random sampling
A method of selecting participants for a study so that everyone in a population has an equal chance of being in the study.
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dependent variable
In an experiment, a factor that experimenters measure to see if it is affected by the independent variable.
A testable prediction about the conditions under which an event will occur.
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operational definition
The specific procedures for manipulating or measuring a conceptual variable.
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independent variable
In an experiment, a factor that experimenters manipulate to see if it affects the dependent variable.
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interrater reliability
The degree to which different observers agree on their observations.
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dependent variables
In an experiment, a factor that experimenters measure to see if it is affected by the independent variable.
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subject variables
A variable that characterizes preexisting differences among the participants in a study.
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subject variable
A variable that characterizes preexisting differences among the participants in a study.
An organized set of principles used to explain observed phenomena.
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correlation coefficient
A statistical measure of the strength and direction of the association between two variables.
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applied research
Research whose goal is to make applications to the world and contribute to the solution of social problems.
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independent variables
In an experiment, a factor that experimenters manipulate to see if it affects the dependent variable.
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basic research
Research whose goal is to increase the understanding of human behavior, often by testing hypotheses based on a theory.
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confederate
Accomplice of an experimenter who, in dealing with the real participants in an experiment, acts as if he or she is also a participant.
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correlational research
Research designed to measure the association between variables that are not manipulated by the researcher.
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bogus pipeline technique
A procedure in which research participants are (falsely) led to believe that their responses will be verified by an infallible lie detector.
A form of research that can demonstrate causal relationships because (1) the experimenter has control over the events that occur and (2) participants are randomly assigned to conditions.
Chapter 2 - Doing Social Psychology Research
random assignment
A method of assigning participants to the various conditions of an experiment so that each participant in the experiment has an equal chance of being in any of the conditions.
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internal validity
The degree to which there can be reasonable certainty that the independent variables in an experiment caused the effects obtained on the dependent variables.
A factor other than the independent variable that varies between the conditions of an experiment, thereby calling into question what caused any effects on the dependent variable.
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experimenter expectancy fallacy
The effects produced when an experimenter’s expectations about the results of an experiment affect his or her behavior toward a participant and thereby influence the participant’s responses.
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external validity
The degree to which there can be reasonable confidence that the results of a study would be obtained for other people and in other situations.
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meta-analysis
A set of statistical procedures used to review a body of evidence by combining the results of individual studies to measure the overall reliability and strength of particular effects.
