The Main Interest of Social Psychologists Is

question 36

Multiple Choice

The main interest of social psychologists is

• A) how behavior develops as a function of age.
• B) how behavior is influenced by other people.
• C) the role of learning and memory in behavior.
• D) how human behavior has changed over the course of history.

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Definitions:

Overconfidence

The state of being more confident than is justified by one's abilities or the situation, potentially leading to errors in judgment.

Naturalistic Observation

A research method in which subjects are observed in their natural environment without any manipulation by the observer.

Placebo Effect

A psychological phenomenon where a fake treatment improves a person's condition simply because they believe the treatment will work.

Operational Definition

A carefully worded statement of the exact procedures (operations) used in a research study. For example, human intelligence may be operationally defined as what an intelligence test measures.