PSYC2120M - Chapter 1

study of naturally occuring relationships among variables

it is the behaviors,attitudes, ideas, traditions and institutions shared by a large group of people, which is transferred from one generation to the next

Cues in an experiment that tell the participant what behaviour is expected

• The variable being measured
• depends on its manipulations of the IV variable

degree to which an experiment absorbs and involves its participants

studies that seek clues to cause-effect relationship by manipulating one or more factors( like IV variables) while controlling others ( keeping it constant)

Research done in natural, real-life settings outside the laboratory

tendency to exaggerate, after learning an outcome. Also known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon

a testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between events

the experimental factor that a researcher manipulates

an ethical principle requiring that research participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate

degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations

error of defining what is good in terms of what is observable

i.e" whats normal is good

randomly assigning participants to conditions of an experiment that all other participants had an equal chance of being in

A survey procedure in which every person in the population being studied has an equal chance of inclusion

an integration of biological and social perspectives that uses the neural psychological bases of social & emotional behaviours

the scientific study of how people think about influence, and relate to one another.

Socially shared beliefs, widely held ideas and values, this includes our assumptions and cultural ideologies.

Social representations help us make sense of our world

An integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events