DE100 Investigating Psychology Week 5

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BSc DE100 Investigating Psychology (Investigating Psychology) Karteikarten am DE100 Investigating Psychology Week 5, erstellt von Anneliese Shaw am 14/10/2016.
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Personality a person's stable and enduring traits and characteristics, which lead them to behave in a steady way over time.
fundamental attribution error the tendency to explain the causes of other people's behaviour as a product of their internal characteristics and dispositions rather than external situational factors.
Individual differences Any characteristics that are susceptible to variation between individuals
Personality Theory A set of propositions about the structure and/or development of personality that forms the basis of a coherent, evidence-based explenation
Extraversion a personality type characterised by outogoing and gregarious behaviour. it forms an extraversion-introversion continuum with introversion, at the opposite pole, typified by reserved and inward-looking behaviour
Psychoanalysis A set of theories and therapeutic methods exploring the unconscious processes influencing human behaviour
authoritarian personality a kind of personality typified by obedience to authority strict adherence to rules, and hostitlity towards anyone different from themselves
anti-semitism prejudice and hostility towards jews
fascism a political ideology or regime marked by extreme nationalism and racism, centralisation of authority and the suppression of political opposition.
attitudes a person's beliefs and feelings about issues, events, objects or people, which are thought to influence behaviour.
scale a set of items such as questions on a questionnaire which combine to measure a bigger construct that cannot be measured directly
ethnocentrism belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture
F-scale a measure of personality characteristics underpinning potential for fascism
interview a 'conversation with a purpose', designed to gather in-depth information from research participants.
quantitative data data that can be measured, counted, or expressed in numerical terms
qualitative data data that is not in numerical form. There are different kinds of qualitative data such as interview material, newspapers, articles or diaries
acquiscence response bias a tendency to agree with statements presented in scales, regardless of content
confirmatory bias a tendency to pay most attention to those features of a phenomenon that appear to confirm prior expectations
double blind a research design where neither the participants nor the investigator know which group the participants belong to, thus reducing the risk of bias in measures and interpretations.
cognitive style the habitual way a person processes information.
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