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The way in which people percieve comprehend and interpert the social world
Construal
School of Psychology stressing the importance of studying the subjective way in which an object appears in people minds rather than the objective physical atributes of the object
Gestalt Psychology
Going ‘oh I know that all along’
Hindsight Bias
The method where researchers attempt to understand a group or culture by observing ut from inside without imposing any preconceived notions they might have
Ethnography
The scientific study of the way that peoples thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people
Social Psychology
An organized set of principles that can be used to explain an observed phenomenon
Theory
A testable statment or idea about the relationship between two or more variables
Hypothesis
The percice specification about how variables are measured or manipulated
Operational Definition
A form of observational: researcher examines accumulated documents or archives of a culture
-diaries, pots, novels, magazines
Archival Analysis
They measure 2 or more perceive to interpret the relation between them (how much can one predict the other)
Correlational Method
A way of ensuring that a sample of people is representitive of a population by giving everyone an equal change of being selected for the sample
Random Selection
The method where the researcher randomly assigns participants to a different condition and ensures these conditions are identical except for the independent variable (the one thought to have a causal effect on peoples responses)
Experimental Method
Ensuring that nothing other than the independent variable can affect the dependent variable; this is accomplished by controlling all of the extraneous variables and by randomly assigning participants to conditions
Internal Validity
The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people
External Validity
the extent to which an experiment is similar to real-life situation
Mundane Realism
the extent to which the psychological processes triggered in an experiment are similar to psychological realism that occur interprets life. This can be high in an experiment even when mundane realism is low
Psychological Realism:
a statistical technique that averages the results of 2 or more studies to see if the effect of an independent variable is reliable
Meta Analysis
Experiments conducted in natural settings rather experiment are in the lab
Field Experiment
Studies that are designed to find the best answer as to why people behave the way that they do and that are conducted purely for intellectual curiosity
Basic Research
Studies designed to solve a particular social problem building a theory of behaviour is usually secondary to observing the specific problem
Applied Research
Thinking that is researchers, unintentional, involuntary and effortless
Automatic Thinking
mental structures people use to organize their knowledge about the social world around themes or subjects and that influence the information people notice think about and remember.
Schemas
The extent to which schemas and concepts are at the forefront of peoples minds and are therefore likely to be used when making judgements about the social world
Accessibility
the process by which recent experiences increase the accessibility of a schema, trait or concept
Priming
