Psychology: The Study of Mind and Behavior

Research Methods
1. Need for Empiricism
  1. Need for Empiricism
  2. Hindsight Bias: Tendency to believe that one would have predicted an outcome after learning the outcome
  3. Overconfidence
2. Perception in Random Order Events
  1. Observation Methods
    1. Experimentation
    2. Theory:An explanation that predicts future events based off of recorded observation
    3. Hypothesis: Testable prediction
    4. Operational Definition: Exact procedures used, make experiments recreatable
    5. Control Group
  2. Variables: Independent, Dependent, Confounding
    1. Case Studies
  3. one individual or group is studied in depth in the hope of revealing universal principle
    1. Naturalistic Observation
3. Observing behaviors in a natural environment without controlling it
  1. Effectiveness
  2. random and representative sample
    1. Correlation
  3. not prove causation but can suggest posibility
  4. Validity
Social Psychology
1. Statistical Significance: <.05
  1. Attribution theory
    1. Fundamental
  2. We overestimate a person’s personality and underestimate their situation
    1. Self Serving Bias
2. Overestimate our own situation rather than judging our personality
  1. Persuasion
  2. Peripheral: no logic or reason, flashy
  3. Central: logical argument
  4. Foot in the Door Phenomenon
3. Door in the Face Phenomenon
  1. Attitudes affect actions
  2. Role: series of norms w social position
  3. Cognitive Dissonance
    1. Conformity
  4. Asch's Line Test
  5. Compliance
    1. Obedience
  6. Milgram's shock test
4. Empathy, mood linkage
  1. Normative: desire to gain approval
  2. Normative: desire to gain approval
5. Informative: accept other opinions
  1. Group Influences
  2. Social Facilitation (home field advantage)
  3. Deindividualism
  4. Deindividualism
  5. Groupthink: change beliefs for harmony
6. Group Polarization: push to extremes
  1. Prejudice
  2. Ingroup vs. Outgroup
  3. Scapegoat Theory
  4. Just World Phenomenon
  5. Vivid Case
Abnormal Psychology and Treatment
Learning
Memory

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