PSYCH 2C03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Confirmation Bias, Internal Validity, Quasi
18 Dec 2019
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Correlational studies: are 2 or more variables related: surveys, correlation does not equal causation. Research methods: observational (includes behavior observation, archival analysis, correlational (surveys, +1- -1, experimental. 1st vs 4th year university student study. Individualist self" (self-centered) vs collectivist self" (who you are to others: encoding bias, self-serving attributional bias (good=dispositional, bad=situational, positivity bias/illusory superiority (we are good at what we do) Small correlations between high se and success, but large correlation between se and perceived success. People will do whatever it takes to maintain se: associating with winners (football study, upward and downward social comparisons, two factor self-esteem model, self-handicapping. Actor-observer bias explain other"s actions in terms of disposition. Interrogation camera angle experiment (camera on suspect = dispositional factors and voluntary confession: mirror experiment. Two-factor theory of emotion: we understand our emotional state by our physiological arousal, and the situation we"re in, placebo/adrenaline/tranquilizer experiment. Inferences we make as to why someone is acting a certain way.
