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Psych 150 Chapter 01
midterm 1
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Psychology
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09/13/2007

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personality
Definition
The underlying causes within the person of individual behavior and experience
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description
Definition
theoretical task of identifying the units of personality, with particular emphasis on the differences between people
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dynamics
Definition
the motivational aspect of personality
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development
Definition
formation or change (of personality) over time
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individual differences
Definition
qualities that make one person different from another
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type
Definition
a category of people with similar characteristics
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quantitative measures
Definition
measures that permit expression of various amounts of something, such as a trait
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trait
Definition
personality characteristic that makes one person different from another and/or that describes an individual's personality
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factor
Definition
a statistically derived, quantitative dimension of personality that is broader than most traits
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nomothetic
Definition
involving comparisons with other individuals; research based on groups of people
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idiographic
Definition
focusing on one individual
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adaptation
Definition
coping with the external world
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temperament
Definition
consistent styles of behavior and emotional reactions present from early life onward, presumably caused by biological factors
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scientific method
Definition
the method of knowing based on systematic observation
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determinism
Definition
the assumption that phenomena have causes that can be discovered by empirical research
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theory
Definition
a conceptual tool, consisting of systematically organized constructs and propositions, for understanding certain specified phenomena
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construct
Definition
a concept used in a theory
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operational definition
Definition
procedure for measuring a theoretical construct
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theoretical proposition
Definition
theoretical statement about relationships among theoretical constructs
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hypothesis
Definition
a prediction to be tested by research
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empirical
Definition
based on scientific observations
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verifiable
Definition
the ability of a theory to be tested by empirical procedures, resulting in confirmation or disconfirmation
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disconfirmation
Definition
evidence agasint a theory; observations that contradict the predictions of a hypothesis
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comprehensiveness
Definition
the ability of a theory to explain a broad variety of observations
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applied value
Definition
the ability of a theory to guide practical uses
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applied research
Definition
research intended for practical use
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basic research
Definition
research intended to develop theory
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implicit theories of personality
Definition
ideas about personality that are held by ordinary people (not based on formal theory)
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reliability
Definition
consistency, as when a measurement is repeated at another time or by another observer, with similar results
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validity
Definition
desirable characteristic of a test, indicating it actually does measure what it is intended to measure
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construct validity
Definition
the usefulness of a theoretical term, evidenced by an accumulation of research findings
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correlational research
Definition
research method that examines the relationships among measurements
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true experimental research
Definition
research strategy that manipulates a cause to determine its effect
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independent variable
Definition
in an experiment, the cause that is manipulated by the researcher
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experimental group
Definition
in an experiment, the group exposed to the experimental treatment
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control group
Definition
in an experiment, the group not exposed to the experimental treatment
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dependent variable
Definition
the effect in an experimental study
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variable
Definition
in research, a measurement of something across various people (or times or situations), which takes on different values
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case study
Definition
an intensive investigation of a single individual
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psychobiography
Definition
the application of a personality theory to the study of an individual's life; different from a case study because of its theoretical emphasis
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eclectic
Definition
combining ideas from a variety of theories
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paradigm
Definition
a basic theoretical model, shared by various theorists and researchers
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