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A psychological perspective that focused on human potential and achievements
Humanism
explains mental disorders as the result of interactions among biological, psychological, and social factors
Biopsychosocial perspective
the phenomenon when the behavior of the participants will be changed because of being in an experiment
Hawthorne Effect
An experiment in which neither the participant nor the researcher knows whether the participant has received the treatment or the placebo
Double-blind study
a descriptive technique of observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and control the situation
Naturalistic observations
average; when you add up all scores and divide by the number of scores
Mean
the middle score in a distribution; half the scores are above it and half are below it
Median
The process by which one person tries to change the belief, opinion, position, or course of action of another person through argument, pleading, or explanation
Persuasion
When people change their behavior as a result of another person or group asking or directing them to change
Compliance
Change of behavior to match a group
Conformity
occurs when an individual acts in a less positive way or performs worse when they are around others
Social impairment
type of reciprocity norm where someone does a favor for you, you feel obligated to repay them
And-that's-not-all technique
refers to the tendency for a group to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.
Group polarization
Prosocial behavior that is done with no expectation/reward and may involve risk of harm to oneself
Altruism
the concept that people are prone to exert less effort on a task if they are in a group versus when they work alone
Social loafing
when someone evaluates a message, such as an advertisement, on the basis of physical attractiveness, background music, or other surface-level characteristics rather than the actual content of the message (type of persuasion)
Peripheral route processing
