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- 2. Academic field studying individual differences like extraversion or conscientiousness.
- 3. Study where participants administered electric shocks.
- 6. Method of data collection often used in qualitative research, involving in-depth conversations.
- 11. The study of how people process, store, and respond to social information.
- 13. Participants not randomly allocated, relies on naturally occurring differences.
- 15. Study where students simulated a prison environment.
- 19. Complete control over setting features, often involves a loss of realism.
- 21. The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment.
- 25. One of the founding fathers of modern social psychology.
- 26. Research tool often used by social psychologists in laboratory settings.
- 27. Focus on situational factors in analyzing events.
- 30. Categories of social psychology, including social cognition and social influence.
- 32. Theories tested against evidence, critical thinking about social interactions.
- 33. Type of research examining relationships between variables.
- 37. Subtle cues in the research environment influencing participant behavior.
- 39. Research design examining how two or more variables are related to one another.
- 40. Common method of data collection using a list of questions.
- 41. Academic field exploring the influence of social context on groups, often using surveys.
- 42. Strategy for improving teamwork and group dynamics, applied in management and sports.
- 43. Withholding or altering information to avoid biased responses.
- 45. True experiment in a field setting.
- 47. Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic populations.
- 48. Protection of participants from physical and mental harm.
- 50. Research method that focuses on generating hypotheses and theories through naturalistic observations.
- 51. Research method that allows testing of theories predicting causal relationships.
- 52. Type of research that applies knowledge to solve real-world problems.
- 54. The variable measured after manipulation in an experiment.
- 55. Application of rigorous scientific methods in social psychology.
- 56. The scientific study of how social situations influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
- 57. Method of creating equivalence among participants in each condition through random assignment.
- 58. The attempt to understand and explain how individuals are influenced by the presence of others.
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- 1. Method of collecting data that focuses on content and meaning, not reducible to numbers.
- 4. Type of data collection that involves numerical or measurable data for statistical analysis.
- 5. Experiment where participants matched lines despite majority choosing incorrectly.
- 7. Keeping participants or researchers unaware of their group assignment.
- 8. Refers to the extent a measure assesses a theoretical concept.
- 9. Focuses on cross-cultural differences and long-term cultural influences on psychological processes.
- 10. Post-WWII developments in social psychology, including research in persuasion and attitude change.
- 12. Researcher's expectations influencing their behavior and observations.
- 14. Influence of participants' awareness on their behavior in a study.
- 16. The study of behavior directed towards or between people.
- 17. Characteristics of social behavior often studied by social psychologists.
- 18. Focuses on mental illnesses or problematic thoughts/behaviors in social interactions.
- 20. Combination of several research methods.
- 22. Refers to confidence in observed relationships not influenced by other factors.
- 23. Improvement in behavior due to being observed, regardless of conditions.
- 24. Type of research that expands knowledge in a specific area.
- 28. Research design involving systematic recording of behavior.
- 29. Use of falsifiable hypotheses to uncover concrete determinants of social behavior.
- 31. Range of Pearson correlation coefficient indicating strong relationship.
- 34. Refers to the extent findings can be generalized beyond the observed conditions.
- 35. Organization providing ethical guidelines in psychology.
- 36. Approach in social psychology where specific hypotheses are tested through data analysis.
- 38. Academic field studying how culture and behavior change over time with detailed observations.
- 44. The influence of the social environment on an individual's behavior.
- 46. Research question type focused on understanding the basic nature of variables.
- 49. Experimenter and participants unaware of group assignment.
- 53. Field where social psychology has made real-world contributions, including public policy and education.