Psychology Pre-IB Key Terms Explorations

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Bias

The tendency to favour a certain group in an experiment both consciously and unconsciously

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Causality

The relationship between the cause and the effect. (Implies a change in A (cause) leads to a change in B (the effect))

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Change

Changes in a person’s cognitive, emotional, and behavioural patterns / Changes in people’s way of thinking, feeling or behavior

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Measurement

Psychometrics, a field of study that uses different tools to find individual differences in mental abilities, personality traits, and attitudes

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Perspective

Different ways contemporary psychologists look at human thought and behavior

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Responsibility

Being accountable for one’s own actions, decisions, and the consequences that follows

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Biological Approach

Examines the physiological origins of many behaviors, humans are studied in terms of their biological state

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Sociocultural Approach

Role of social and cultural factors in influencing someone’s thoughts and behaviors

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Cognitive Approach

Focuses on how mental processes influence behavior

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Research Methodology

Procedures used to predict and explain someone’s thoughts and behaviors