PSYC 241 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Implicit-Association Test, Moral Reasoning, Timothy Wilson

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 241
• Professor: Tara Mac Donald

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Classes of measurement: self-report measures, direct observations, indirect measures, physiological measures. Internal validity + threats to internal validity: internal validity: the extent to which differences between groups in an experiment can be attributed to the independent variable, rather than to other factors, threats = maturation, history, experimenter effects . External validity: the degree to which one can generalize results obtained to another set of circumstances. Social psychology studies our thinking, influence, and relationships. Your culture helps define your situation; your standards regarding promptness, frankness and clothing vary with your culture. Social neuroscience: an integration of biological and social perspectives that explores the neural and psychological bases of social and emotional behaviours. Social neuroscientists do not reduce complex social behaviours, such as helping a hurting to simple neural or molecular mechanisms. Their point is to understand social behaviour, we must consider bother biological and social influences. There are two general ways that values enter psychology: the obvious and the subtle.