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Define Basic Research

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Studies designed to understand nature of human behavior

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What is an example of basic research?

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Why people may not help in a situation

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Define Applied Research

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Studies designed to solve social problems

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What is a hypothesis?

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Prediction of what will be found in study (must be testable)

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Where do research ideas come from?

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-Inspiration from previous research + theories
-personal Observations

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Define Diffusion Responsibility

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The more ppl are around, the less likely for sum1 to get help or help

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What causes diffusion responsibility?

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the thought that someone has alr gotten help and bc they don’t feel responsible

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What are the three types of research methods?

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-Observational
-Correlational
-Experimental

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Define Observational Research

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A study design/method where researcher observes ppl + systematically records measurements/impressions of their behavior

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What are two types of observational research?

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-Ethnography
-Archival Analysis

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Define Ethnography

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Method where researchers attempt to understand a group/culture by observing them from inside w/o imposing any notions

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Define Archival Analysis

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Form of observational research where researcher examines the accumulated documents/archives of culture (not observing real-time but studies records of ppl)

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What are some examples of Archival Analysis?

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-Diaries
-Novels
-Magazines
-Records/Documents

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What are some limitations of the observational research method?

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-Some behaviors/social situations are difficult to observe
-can’t predict/explain causes of behavior

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Define Correlational Research

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Study design/method where researcher systematically measures 2 or more variables + asses the relation btwn the variables

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What are the 4 types of correlations?

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-Positive
-Negative
-No
-Correlation Coefficient

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Define Positive Correlations

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Increase in 1 variable, causing the other variable to also increase

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Define Negative Correlations

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Increases in one variable, while the other goes down

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Define No Correlation

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No relation btwn two variables (no Pattern)

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Define Correlation Coefficient

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Statistical technique that assess how well you can predict one variable from another (coefficients range from -1.0 to 1.0)

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Define Survey

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Research in which a representation sample of ppl are asked questions abt attitudes/behaviors (often anonymously)

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what are some advantages of surveys?

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-studies variables that are difficult to observe
-can sample representative segments of the population

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Define Random Selection

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Every one has the chance to be in the study (all population has an equal chance of being selected for a sample)

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What are some disadvantages of Surveys?

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-Sampling Errors
-Problems w/ accuracy on responses

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What are limitations of correctional method?
Correlation does not = Causation
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Define Experimental Research
Study design in which the researcher randomly assigns participants to diff. Conditions + ensures conditions are identical except for independent variable
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Define an experiment
Researchers must have all following criteria in an experiment to manipulate a variable
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Define Internal Validity
making sure nothing but independent variable affected dependent variable
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How can one increase internal validity?
-Randomly assign ppl in different conditions -Keeping everything the same
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Define External Validity
Extended which results of study can be generalized to other situations + ppl
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What are 2 types of generalizability?
-Across Situations -Across People
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Define Generalizability across situations
Extent to which we can generalize from the situation constructed by experiment to real life
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Define Psychological Realism
Psychological process triggered in experiment are similar to psychological process that occur in everyday life
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Define Generalization across people
Where we can generalize from ppl who participate in experiments to ppl in general
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Define replication
Repeating study w/ different populations or different settings
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Define Field Experiments
Conducted in natural settings rather than in a laboratory
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Define informed consent
An agreement to participate in an experiment, granted in full awareness of nature of the experiment which they were explained in advance
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Define Deception
Researches mislead participants abt the true purpose of a study or events that will transpire
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Define Debriefing
Explaining to participants at the end of the experiment the true purpose and what happened f
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Define Social Cognition
How people select, use remember and interpret info to make judgements and decisions
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What are the types of cognition?
-Automatic -Controlled
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Define Automatic thinking
Thinking that is non-conscious, unintentional, involuntary and effortless
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What are some examples of Automatic thinking?
Brushing teeth, showering, and getting dressed
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Define Schemas
Mental structures that organize knowledge abt social world and can influence the info we notice, think about and remember
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Why do we have schemas?
-make life easier -Help reduce confusion or ambiguity
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Define Accessibility
Extend which schema + concepts are at forefront of ppl’s mind and therefore likely used when making judgement abt social world
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What are the two types of accessibility?
-Chronic Accessibility -Temporary Accessibility
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Define Chronic Accessibility
Constantly active and ready to use to interpret ambiguous situations (always at forefront of your mind)
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Define Temporary Accessibility
-not always accessible -triggered/activated by something the person has been thinking/doing before encountering event
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Define Priming
The process by which recent experiences increases the accessibility of a schema, trait or concept
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Define Judgmental Heuristics
Mental shortcuts or rules people often use to make judgment quickly and efficiently
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What are two types of judgmental heuristics?
-Availability -Representative
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Define Availability Heuristic
A mental rule of thumb whereby people base a judgement on the ease w/ which they can bring something to mind
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Define Representative Heuristic
A mental shortcut whereby people classify something according to how similar it is to a typical case
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Define underestimate base rate info
Info about the frequency of members of different categories in the population
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Define Analytic thinking
Type of thinking in which people focus on properties of objects w/o considering surrounding context
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Define Holistic thinking
Type of thinking in which people focus on overall context, particularly the ways that objects relate to each other
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Define Controlled thinking
Thinking that is conscious, intentional, voluntary, and effortful
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What is the purpose of controlled thinking?
-to provide checks + balances for automatic thinking -controlled thinking requires effort and motivation
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Define Counterfactual Thinking
Mentally changing some aspect of the past as a way of imagining what might have been
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What is an example of counterfactual thinking?
Comparing Olympic athletes that won bronze were happier than the ones who won silver
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Is counterfactual thinking completely controlled?
Not always intentional or voluntary
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What are some negative aspects of counterfactual thinking?
-can lead to rumination
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Define Rumination
When people negatively focus on bad things (contributes to depression)
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What are some positive aspects of counterfactual thinking?
Can motivate people to do better the next time
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How to improve thinking?
Make people more humble about reasoning abilities
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Define Overconfidence Barrier
Fact that people usually have too much confidence in accuracy of their judgements
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Define Social Perception
The study of how we form impressions of other people + make inferences abt their behavior
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Define Non-verbal Behavior
The way in which people communicate w/o words (can be intentional/unintentional)
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What are the primary uses of nonverbal behavior?
-express emotions, attitudes, and personality traits -facilitate verbal communication
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Define Encode
Express or emit nonverbal behavior
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Define Decode
To interpret the meaning of nonverbal behavior other people express
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Define Affect Blends
A facial expression in which part of face registers one emotion while another part registers a different emotion
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What are other types of nonverbal behavior?
-eye contact -personal space -gestures -emblems
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Define Emblems
Nonverbal gestures that have well-understood with given cultures (ex: peace sign means fuck you in other countries)
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How fast do first impressions happen?
1/10 of a second
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Define Thin-Slicing
Drawing meaningful conclusions about others personalities or skills on an extreme brief sample of behavior (can be surprisingly accurate)
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Why do first impressions linger?
-ppl use schemas to fill in gaps -Primacy effect -confirmation bias -belief perseverance
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Define Primacy Effect
1st info we perceive in others influence how we view info that we learn abt them later
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Define Confirmation Bias
Tendency to pay attention to information that confirms our initial belief
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Define Belief Perseverance
Tendency to stick w/ an initial judgement even in the face of new info that should prompt us to reconsider
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Define Casual Attribution
Figuring out why ppl behave the way that they do
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Define Attribution Theory
Study of how we explain the causes of our own + other’s behaviors
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What are two types of attributions?
Internal and External
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Define Internal Attributions
Inferring that a person behaved in a certain way bc of something about the person
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Define External Attribution
Inferring that a person behaved in a certain way bc of the situation they are in
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Define Fundamental Attribution Error
Tendency to make automatic internal attributions when judging other + ignoring the situation/environment
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Why we commit Fundamental Attribution Error?
-info availability -perceptual salience
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Define Perceptual Salience
The seemingly important info that people focus their attention on
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What does the two step attribution require in order to make an external attribution?
Effort + Motivation
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Define Self-Serving Attributions
Explanations for one’s successes that credit internal, dispositional factors + explanations for one’s failures that blame external situational factors
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Success is ______.
Internalized
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Failures are _____.
Exteranlized
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What is the reasoning behind making self-serving attributions?
-self esteem maintenance -impression management -Information availability
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Define Belief in a Just World
Where people assume that bad things happen to bad people + good things happen to good people (ex: blaming the victim)
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Define individualistic cultures
-stress individual autonomy -emphasis on independence -make internal attributions on other’s behaviors
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Define Collectivistic Culture
-make more external attributions on other’s behaviors -more likely to commit fundamental attribution error

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