Social psychology

Social psychology

A field in psychology focusing on how people's thoughts, feelings, and behavior change when in the presence of others compared to when they are alone.

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Framing

Psychology; Social psychology

The way a question or an issue is posed; framing can influence people’s decisions and expressed opinions. Eg: 30% fat vs 70% leans.

Independent Variables

Psychology; Social psychology

These are variables that are hypothesized to cause an effect. Participants are usually randomly assigned to the various levels of the Independent Variable.

Dependent Variables

Psychology; Social psychology

These are variables that are hypothesized to be affected by the IVs and the PVs. The experimenter believes that this variable depends on the levels of the IVs or PVs. These are also known as the ...

Predictor Variables

Psychology; Social psychology

These are variables that are hypothesized to cause an effect, but are characteristics of the participants and not something to which they can easily be randomly assigned.

Random assignment

Psychology; Social psychology

The process of assigning participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons have the same chance of being a give condition.

Mundane realism

Psychology; Social psychology

Degree to which an experiment is superficially similar to everyday situations. *not good in lab.

Anonymity, adjective "anonymous", is derived from the Greek word ἀνωνυμία, anonymia, meaning "without a name" or "namelessness". In colloquial use, "anonymous" is used to describe situations where ...