[PSYC 2120] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 34 pages long Study Guide!
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Mundane realism- degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situation: example: delivering electric shock as part of an experiment of aggression. Experimental realism- degree to which an experiment absorbs and involves in participants: for example: making someone to choose whether to give electric shock to someone can be a realistic way of measuring aggression. Demand characteristic- cues in an experiment that tell the participant what behaviour is expected: to avoid this instructors usually use computers or standardize their instc. Investigators are urge to follow these rules before conducting an experiment: tell info to participants to get their informed consent, be truthful, protect people from any harm or discomfort, confidentiality, debrief experiment afterwards chapter two. Possible selves- image of what we dream of or dread becoming in the future. Social identity- the social definition of who you are- race, religion, sex etc. Self-esteem depends on whether we have the trait that make us attractive to others.
