Hamburg Abitur Psychology gA key terms

A specification of how a concept is measured or manipulated in a study, enabling others to understand what theobserved result actuallyrepresents.

The factor deliberately varied in an experiment, whose relation to the outcome must be interpreted with the design and other conditions.

The measured outcome in a study, which needs a clear definition and must not be confused with the factor being manipulated.

A factor varying with theproposed explanatory condition that can provide an alternative explanation for an observed groupdifference.

Allocation of participants to conditions by a random process, distinguished from how participants are sampled from a wider population.

Selection from a defined population through an appropriate random procedure, which addresses representativeness differently from assignment to experimental conditions.

Consistency of a measurement or procedure under relevant conditions, which does not by itself prove that its intended interpretation is valid.

The degree to which evidence supports an intended interpretation or inference, whose meaning depends on the measure or study being evaluated.

An observed association between variables, which does not alone establish its direction, a specific causal mechanism or absence of third-variable explanations.

Principles andprocedures addressing matters such as consent, privacy, proportionate risk and appropriate treatment of participants in the actual study context.

A relatively stable dimension used to describe patterns in behaviour or experience, not a complete explanation of every individual action.

A person's belief about capability to perform a particular task, which is more specific than a global judgment of personal worth.

An explanation of behaviour or events through personal, situational or combined factors, whose accuracy requires evidence rather than immediate assumption.

A tendency to overweight disposition and underweight situational influences when explaining anotherperson's behaviour, not a rule that personal factors never matter.

Adjustment of behaviour, judgment or belief in relation to a group or norm, which should be distinguished from every form of obedience to authority.

Motivation linked to interest or satisfaction in the activity itself, rather than solely an outcome separable from the activity.

Motivation involving separable outcomes, such as are ward or a voiding a consequence, whose effects depend on context and how it is experienced.

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.

A sense of self involving continuity, roles, relationships andvalues, whose development should not be reduced to a stereotype or one score.

Within self-determination theory, the experience of meaningful connection with others, distinguished from simply being physically present in a group.