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| Question | Answer |
| Accuracy | gathering and evaluating information that is as precise and error-free as possible |
| Applied Social Psychology | The systematic application of social psychological constructs, principles, theories, interventions techniques, research methods and research findings to understand or solve social problems |
| Causality | identifying causes of a phenomenon |
| Construct | a clearly defined individual (psychological) characteristic that is generally latent and not directly observable |
| Deductive approach | starting with a particular theory, and examining to what extent the theory is helpful in understanding various types of social behavior. |
| Description | identifying and specifying the details and nature of a phenomenon |
| Explanation | establishing why a phenomenon or relationship occurs |
| Inductive approach | starting from a specific social problem, and examining to what extent various theories help to understand specific problems, and which theory provides the best explanation of the particular behavior causing the problems |
| Objectivity | minimizing bias in obtaining and evaluating data |
| Open-mindedness | accepting evidence as valid, even if the evidence is not consistent with one's initial, and perhaps strongly held, beliefs and theories |
| Prediction | knowing what factors are systematically related to the phenomenon of interests |
| Principle | a statement of how a psychological process works |
| Skepticism | accepting findings as accurate only to the extent that they have been verified over and over again by the data |
| Scientific method | methods that depend on empirical tests, that is, the use of systematic observations to evaluate propositions and ideas |
| Social psychology | the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior and thought in social situations |
| Theory | an integrated set of principles that describes, explains, and predicts observed events |
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