Chapter 1
The scientific study of human strengths, virtues, positive emotions, and achievements.
What is positive psychology?
Consistency of measurement, over time or multiple testing occasions.
What is reliability?
Our awareness of how others see us and the adjustments we make to better fit the social situation.
What is self-monitoring?
This memory structure helps us organize and interpret information.
What is a schema?
Lewin argued behavior is a function of these two variables.
What are Personality and Environment?
A statistic that shows how two variables covary and ranges from -1 to 1.
What is the correlation coefficient?
This bias explains how we attribute our successes to ourselves and failures to factors outside of our control
What is self-serving bias?
This explains why people tend to look for evidence to support (rather than refute) their existing beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
How identity factors can interact and influence how people are perceived and treated by others.
What is intersectionality?
Data collection that defines, explains, and clarifies patterns of behavior without experimenter intervention.
What are descriptive methods?
The self-esteem boost achieved by associating with a group that has recently done well.
What is Basking in Reflected Glory (BIRGing)?
This process engages our semantic network and makes related concepts more accessible.
What is Priming?
The grandfather of Social Psychology
Who is Kurt Lewin?
A research design that compares two or more randomly assigned groups.
What is a true experiment?
This theory explains how we learn about ourselves by observing our own behavior.
What is Self-Perception theory?
The theory that humans process information using two distinct systems.
What is Dual Process Theory?
False dichotomy regarding the influence of how we were raised vs our genetic makeup on who we are.
What is nature vs. nurture?
Respect for persons, Beneficence, and Justice are the 3 key rules recommended by this report
What is the Belmont Report?
This theory details the dissonance felt when you realize there’s a gap between your current self and ideal selves.
What is Self-Discrepancy Theory?
This explains why you might ask a random shopper for help at Best Buy if they're wearing khakis and a blue shirt.
What is the Representativeness Heuristic?