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| Branch of psychology that seeks and understanding of how people affect and are affected by others |
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| Theoretical approach that seeks to explain behavior in terms of learning principlles, without reference to inner states, thoughts, or feelings |
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| Theoretical approach that seeks to explain behavior by looking at the deep unconscious forces inside the person |
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| Affect (how people feel inside), Behavior(what people do), Cognition (what people think about) |
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| The study of human culture- the shared values, beliefs, and practices of a group of people |
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| The study of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, and the study of money |
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| The study of political organizations and institutions, especially governments |
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| The study of human societies and the groups that form those societies |
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| The study of human behavior |
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| The study of what happens in the brain, nervous system, and other aspects of the body |
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| Branch of psychology that focuses on behavior disorders and other forms of mental illness, and how to treat them |
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| The study of thought processes, such as how memory works and what people notice |
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| The study of how people change across their lives, from conception and birth to old age and death |
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| The branch of psychology that focuses on important differences between individuals |
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| "love of wisdom", the pursuit of knowledge about fundamental matters such as life, death, meaning, reality, and truth |
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| research that focuses on solving particular practical problems |
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| An experiment in which each participant is exposed to all levels of the independent variable |
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| An experiment in which each participant is exposed to only one level of the independent variable |
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| An idea about the possible nature of reality |
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| Unobservable constructs that are linked together in some logical way |
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| The variable manipulated by the researcher that is assumed to lead to changes in the dependent variable |
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| The variable in a study that represents the result of the events and processes |
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| Observable operations, procedures, and measurements that are based on the independent and dependent variables |
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| A research assistant pretending to be another participant in a study |
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| Construct Validity of the Cause |
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| The extent to which the independent variable is a valid respresentation of the theoretical stimulus |
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| Construct Validity of the Effect |
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| The extent to which the dependent variable is a valid representation of the theoretical response |
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| A study in which the researcher manipulates an independent variable and randomly assigns people to groups |
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| Procedure whereby each study participant has an equal chance of being in each treatment group |
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| A type of study in which the researcher can manipulate an independent variable but cannot use random assignment |
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| The extent to which changes in the independent variable caused changes in the dependent variable |
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| Occurs when the effects of two variables cannot be separated |
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| An experiment that includes more than one independent variable or factor |
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| The effect of a single independent variable on the dependent variabe, ignoring the effects of other independent variables |
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| Refers to the joint effects of more than one independent variabe on the dependent variable |
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| An unpleasant emotional response that people often experience when someone is trying to restrict their freedom |
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| An experiment conducted in a real-world setting |
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| The extent to which study participants get so caught up in the procedures that they forget they are in an experiment. More important than mundane realism in determining whether the results of a study will generalize to the real world. |
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| The extent to which the setting of an experiment physically resembles the real world |
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| The extent to which the findings from a study can be generalized to other people, other settings, and other time periods |
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| A nonexperimental method in which the researcher merely observes whether the variabes are associated or related |
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| The relationship or association between two variables |
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| The statistical relationship or association between two variables. 1.0 to -1.0 |
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| A quantitative literature review that combines the statistical results from all studies conducted on a topic. |
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| Repeating a study to be sure similar results can be obtained. |
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| A broader term for mind, encompassing emotions, desires, perceptions, and all other psychological processes. |
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| The physical world around us, including its laws and processes |
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| A theory proposed by Charles Darwin to explain how change occurs in nature |
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| The process whereby those members of a species that survive and reproduce most effectively are the ones that pass along their genes to future generations |
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| Producing babies that survive long enough to also reproduce |
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| A new gene or combination of genes |
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| Animals that seek connections to others and prefer to live, work, and play with other members of their species |
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| The view that evolution shaped the human psyche so as to enable humans to create and take part in culture |
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| Practical ways of doing things. Along with shared beliefs, its apart of culture |
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| An information-based system that includes shared ideas and common ways of doing things |
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| The idea that the mind has two different processing systems |
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| The part of the mind outside of consciousness that performs simple operations |
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| The part of the mind that performs complex operations |
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| A choice in which taking or maximizing one benefit requires either accepting a cost or sacrificing another benefit |
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| Self-Knowledge (Self Concept) |
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| A set of beliefs about oneself |
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| Interpersonal Self (Public Self) |
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| The image of the self that is conveyed to others |
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| Agent Self (Executive Function) |
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| The part of the self involved in control, including both control over other people and self-control |
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| A person's inner thoughts and feelings |
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| The way a person acts in public, especially in official roles |
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| Independent Self-Construal |
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| A self-concept that emphasizes what makes the self different and sets it apart from others. Americans are more likely to be the self made woman or man |
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| Interdependent Self-Construal |
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| A self-concept that emphasizes what connects the self to other people and groups |
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| The different roles a person plays, as in a play or a movie |
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| Attention directed at the self |
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| Looking inward on the private espects of the self, including meotions, thoughts, desires, and traits |
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