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“We cannot live for ourselves alone,” remarked the novelist 
Herman Melville, “for our lives are connected by a thousand 
invisible threads.” Social psychologists study those connec 
tions by scientifically exploring how we think about, influence, and relate to 
one another. 
 In the first two modules we explain how we do that exploring, how we play 
the social psychology game. As it happens, the ways that social psychologists 
form and test ideas can be carried into life itself, en...
Guidance is gotten from the word ‘guide’ which means to direct, help, steer. Guidance can be explained as the process through which a guide or a trained personnel gives directions, information, help to another person about how to do something in order to understand him/herself as well as things around him/her better.
abnormal behavior 
Patterns of thought, emotion, and actions that are deviant, unexpected, or "away from the standard" based on statistical, social-cultural, and/or functional standards. 
 
 
 
abnormal psychology 
The scientific study of abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and ultimately change abnormal patterns of functioning. 
 
 
 
acute stress disorder 
An anxiety disorder in which fear and related symptoms are experienced soon after a traumatic event, often includin...
Psychology Final Exam questions with 100% correct answers verified for accuracy(graded A+).docx
basic science 
the pursuit of knowledge about natural phenomenon for its own sake 
 
 
 
applied science 
discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals 
 
 
 
hypothesis 
an assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research 
 
 
 
theory 
a set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study 
 
 
 
physiological needs 
having to do with an organism's physical processes 
 
 
 
cognitive needs 
having to do wit...
Social Psychology 
The scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to others. 
 
 
 
Social Learning Theory 
A modern offshoot of behaviorism that places primary emphasis on how people learn social behaviors from one another, especially through social reinforcement and modeling. 
 
 
 
Frustration-aggression Hypothesis 
In its most absolute form, this hypothesis asserts that frustration always creates feelings of aggression and that aggression is always caused by frustratio...
Range 
The range (high and low) numbers of an item 
 
 
 
standard deviation 
An approximation of the average 
 
 
 
mean 
average of the scores - add them up and divide by total number of scores 
 
 
 
median 
the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half are below it 
 
 
 
Mode 
Mode=most 
 
 
 
naturalistic observation 
observing without interaction 
 
 
 
Survey Techniques pros and cons 
Pro;flexability Con;no control group 
 
 
 
correlation coefficient 
a stati...
Cognitive Psychology Final Exam Review questions and answers.
social psychology 
the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another 
 
 
 
attribution theory 
the theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition 
 
 
 
fundamental attribution error 
the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition 
 
 
 
attitude 
feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, t...