Hamburg Abitur Psychology gA flashcards
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- Operational definition
- A specification of how a concept is measured or manipulated in a study, enabling others to understand what theobserved result actuallyrepresents.
- Independent variable
- The factor deliberately varied in an experiment, whose relation to the outcome must be interpreted with the design and other conditions.
- Dependent variable
- The measured outcome in a study, which needs a clear definition and must not be confused with the factor being manipulated.
- Confound
- A factor varying with theproposed explanatory condition that can provide an alternative explanation for an observed groupdifference.
- Random assignment
- Allocation of participants to conditions by a random process, distinguished from how participants are sampled from a wider population.
- Random sampling
- Selection from a defined population through an appropriate random procedure, which addresses representativeness differently from assignment to experimental conditions.
- Reliability
- Consistency of a measurement or procedure under relevant conditions, which does not by itself prove that its intended interpretation is valid.
- Validity
- The degree to which evidence supports an intended interpretation or inference, whose meaning depends on the measure or study being evaluated.
- Correlation
- An observed association between variables, which does not alone establish its direction, a specific causal mechanism or absence of third-variable explanations.
- Research ethics
- Principles andprocedures addressing matters such as consent, privacy, proportionate risk and appropriate treatment of participants in the actual study context.
- Trait
- A relatively stable dimension used to describe patterns in behaviour or experience, not a complete explanation of every individual action.
- Self-efficacy
- A person's belief about capability to perform a particular task, which is more specific than a global judgment of personal worth.
- Attribution
- An explanation of behaviour or events through personal, situational or combined factors, whose accuracy requires evidence rather than immediate assumption.
- Fundamental attribution error
- A tendency to overweight disposition and underweight situational influences when explaining anotherperson's behaviour, not a rule that personal factors never matter.
- Conformity
- Adjustment of behaviour, judgment or belief in relation to a group or norm, which should be distinguished from every form of obedience to authority.
- Intrinsic motivation
- Motivation linked to interest or satisfaction in the activity itself, rather than solely an outcome separable from the activity.
- Extrinsic motivation
- Motivation involving separable outcomes, such as are ward or a voiding a consequence, whose effects depend on context and how it is experienced.
- Defence mechanism
- A concept in psychodynamic theory describing a process interpreted as managing conflict or anxiety, which should not be inferred with certainty from one short vignette.
- Identity
- A sense of self involving continuity, roles, relationships andvalues, whose development should not be reduced to a stereotype or one score.
- Relatedness
- Within self-determination theory, the experience of meaningful connection with others, distinguished from simply being physically present in a group.