PSY204 Intro to Social Psychology

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Scientific investigation of how people’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others.

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A set of interrelated concepts and principles that explain a phenomenon.

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Any phenomenon that can differ or vary from one situation to another or one person to another.

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Empirically testable predictions about what co-occurs with what, or what causes what.

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A representative group of participants selected from the population under examination.

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When two or more independent variables covary in such a way that is impossible to know which has caused the effect.

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When statistics reveal that the effect, or a larger effect, is unlikely to occur by chance more often that 1 in 20 times.

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Intentional manipulation of independent variables to investigate effects on one or more dependent variable/s.

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Features of a situation that change of their own accord or can be manipulated by an experimenter to have effects on a measurable variable.

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Measurable variable/s that change resulting from changes in the manipulated variable.

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Similarity between circumstances surrounding an experiment and circumstances in everyday life.

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Validity of the design itself.

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A larger group to whom research findings should be applicable.

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Recruitment of participants selected from the population in a relatively arbitrary manner.

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Assigning participants to each of the experimental conditions in a relatively arbitrary manner.

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Group of participants in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable under examination.

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Group of participants in an experiment who receive a relatively neutral condition to serve as a comparison group.

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Effects that are not spontaneous, owing to demand characteristics and/or participants wishing to please the experimenter.

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Features of an experiment that seem to expect a certain response.

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Effects produced or influenced by clues to the hypotheses under examination, inadvertently communicated by the experimenter.

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Procedure to reduce experimenter effects, in which the experimenter is unaware of the experimental conditions.

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Method that does not involve the manipulation of independent variables against a background of random assignment to condition.

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Where changes in one variable reliably map onto changes in another variable, but it cannot be determined which of the two variables caused the change (or whether a third variable causes an interaction effect).

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Non-experimental method involving the assembly of data, or reports of data, collected by others.

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In-depth analysis of a single case (or individual).

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Ensuring participants are not exposed to physical harm.

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Ensuring that data obtained from individuals are entirely confidential.

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Hiding the true nature of the experiment until data is collected.

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A way to safeguard participants’ rights in experiments.

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Detailed explanation of the experiment and its broader theoretical and applied context.

PSY204 - Week 01 Intro to Social Psychology - Chapter 01 - Practice Quiz.

PSY204 Intro to Social Psychology

Scientific investigation of how people’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others.

A set of interrelated concepts and principles that explain a phenomenon.

Any phenomenon that can differ or vary from one situation to another or one person to another.

Empirically testable predictions about what co-occurs with what, or what causes what.

A representative group of participants selected from the population under examination.

When two or more independent variables covary in such a way that is impossible to know which has caused the effect.

When statistics reveal that the effect, or a larger effect, is unlikely to occur by chance more often that 1 in 20 times.

Intentional manipulation of independent variables to investigate effects on one or more dependent variable/s.

Features of a situation that change of their own accord or can be manipulated by an experimenter to have effects on a measurable variable.

Measurable variable/s that change resulting from changes in the manipulated variable.

Similarity between circumstances surrounding an experiment and circumstances in everyday life.

Validity of the design itself.

A larger group to whom research findings should be applicable.

Recruitment of participants selected from the population in a relatively arbitrary manner.

Assigning participants to each of the experimental conditions in a relatively arbitrary manner.

Group of participants in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable under examination.

Group of participants in an experiment who receive a relatively neutral condition to serve as a comparison group.

Effects that are not spontaneous, owing to demand characteristics and/or participants wishing to please the experimenter.

Features of an experiment that seem to expect a certain response.

Effects produced or influenced by clues to the hypotheses under examination, inadvertently communicated by the experimenter.