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| Memories that may have been "implanted" by well-meaning therapists or others interrogating a subject about some event |
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| the tendency to only look for evidence that confirms a previous hunch and not to look for evidence that might disconfirma belief |
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testimony about an even from somebody who witnesses that event
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| Imagination inflation effect |
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| A memory is elaborated upon in the imagination, leading the person to confuse the imagined events wiht events that actually happened |
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| in the cognitive view of the unconscious the content of the unconscious mind is assumed to operate just like thoughts in consciousness |
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| Blank Lineup vs Sequential Lineup |
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a group lineup that doesnt include the suspect - blank
Presented with each person individually - sequential |
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| A technique that has been used to retrieve repressed memories. However since they are out of their own control, they are often very suggestable and vulnerable to forming false memories. does not improve memory |
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| the psychoanalytic idea that information that is unconscious can actually motivate or influence can actually motivate or influence subsequent behavior (not widely accepted) |
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| the content of the unconscious mind is assumed to operate just like thoughts in consciousness. the idea that things can get into our subconscious without us being aware of it |
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| the notion that boys and girls become different because boys are reinforced by parents, teachers, and the media for being "masculine" and girls for being "feminine" |
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| how large a particular difference is, or how strong a particular correlation is, as averaged over several experiments or studies |
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| personality traits that involve working with objects,getting tasks completed in a direct fashion, showing independence from others, and displaying self-sufficiency |
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| a general theoretical view emphasizing the ways in which the presence of others influence people's behavior, thoughts, or feelings |
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| individual differences that emerge very earily in life, are likely to have a heritable basis, and are often involved in behaviors linked with emotinality or arousability |
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| hormonal theories of sex differences argue that men and women differ not because of the external social environment but because the sexes have mounts of specific hormones. nature over nurture. (see dude whos dick got burnt) |
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| Minimalists vs Maximalists |
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| Minimalists say that personality trait differences across genders is too small and trivial to be significant, and maximalists say it holds as much weight as other effects in psychology |
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| women read true crime books, men read more war books. |
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| Things women liked in True Crime books |
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| Psychological aspects, defense tactics(men as well liked this), women more likely to read a book about women getting killed. Do not care about rape content or emotional content. |
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A - affective, how you feel.
B - Behavioral, act of discrimination
C - cognitive, deals with the way in which we form social categories |
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| Validity of analyzing personality from websites |
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| turn out to be valid, clear and coherent and often multiple people tend to agree on the reading they get |
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| Personality trait hard to analyze via internet |
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| helped temporarily make them feel better, but did not help with their depression overall, didnt hurt however |
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| each keeps track of what they've given the other; balance is key; often not as successful as communal |
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| the person who receives the benefit doesn't feel an obligation to return the benefit; understanding between partners makes for more understanding and acceptance |
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| the tendency to infer hostile intent on the part of others in the face of uncertain or unclear behavior from others. aggressive people expect others to be aggressive. |
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| Opposites attract or birds of a feather flock together |
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| marriage results show that people tend to marry those that are similar to us in personality |
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