PSYCO 333 Midterm 1 Study Guide: Abnormal Psychology Foundations Review
individual differences - ANS ✔✔differences in personality from one person to another
intrapersonal functioning - ANS ✔✔psychological processes that take place within the person
parsimony - ANS ✔✔the quality of requiring few assumptions
personality - ANS ✔✔a dynamic organization, inside the person, of psychophysical systems that
create the person's characteristic patterns of behaviour, thoughts, and feelings
theory - ANS ✔✔a summary statement, a principle or set of principles about a class of events
case study - ANS ✔✔an in depth study of one individual
causality - ANS ✔✔a relationship such that variation in one dimension produces variation in
another
clinically significant - ANS ✔✔an association large enough to have some practical importance
correlation - ANS ✔✔a relationship in which two variables or dimensions covary when
measured repeatedly
correlation coefficient - ANS ✔✔a numeric index of the degree of correlation between two
variables
dependent variable - ANS ✔✔the variable measured as the outcome of an experiment
,descriptive statistics - ANS ✔✔statistics used to describe or characterize some group
experience sampling - ANS ✔✔a method in which people report repeatedly on their current
experiences
experimental control - ANS ✔✔the holding constant of variables that are not being manipulated
experimental method - ANS ✔✔the method in which one variable is manipulated to test for
causal influence on another variable
experimental personality research - ANS ✔✔a study involving a personality factor and an
experimental factor
Generality (generalizability) - ANS ✔✔the degree to which a conclusion applies to many people
idiographic - ANS ✔✔relating to an approach that focuses on a particular person across
situations
independent variable - ANS ✔✔the variable manipulated in an experiment and tested as the
cause in a cause effect relationship
inferential stats - ANS ✔✔statistics used to judge whether a relationship exists between
variables
interaction - ANS ✔✔a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable differs depending on
the level of another predictor variable
, main effect - ANS ✔✔a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable is independent of
other variables
multifactor study - ANS ✔✔a study with two or more predictor variables
personology - ANS ✔✔the study of the whole person, as opposed to the study of only one
aspect of the person
practical significance - ANS ✔✔an association large enough to have practical importance
random assignment - ANS ✔✔the process of putting people in randomly into groups of an
experiment so their characteristics balance out across groups
statistical significance - ANS ✔✔the likelihood of an obtained effect occurring when there is no
true effect
third variable problem - ANS ✔✔the possibility that an unmeasured variable caused variation in
both of two correlated variables
variable - ANS ✔✔a dimension along which two or more variations exist
acquiesence - ANS ✔✔the response set of tending to say yes in response to any question
assessment - ANS ✔✔the measuring of personality
construct validity - ANS ✔✔the accuracy with which a measure reflects the underlying concept
individual differences - ANS ✔✔differences in personality from one person to another
intrapersonal functioning - ANS ✔✔psychological processes that take place within the person
parsimony - ANS ✔✔the quality of requiring few assumptions
personality - ANS ✔✔a dynamic organization, inside the person, of psychophysical systems that
create the person's characteristic patterns of behaviour, thoughts, and feelings
theory - ANS ✔✔a summary statement, a principle or set of principles about a class of events
case study - ANS ✔✔an in depth study of one individual
causality - ANS ✔✔a relationship such that variation in one dimension produces variation in
another
clinically significant - ANS ✔✔an association large enough to have some practical importance
correlation - ANS ✔✔a relationship in which two variables or dimensions covary when
measured repeatedly
correlation coefficient - ANS ✔✔a numeric index of the degree of correlation between two
variables
dependent variable - ANS ✔✔the variable measured as the outcome of an experiment
,descriptive statistics - ANS ✔✔statistics used to describe or characterize some group
experience sampling - ANS ✔✔a method in which people report repeatedly on their current
experiences
experimental control - ANS ✔✔the holding constant of variables that are not being manipulated
experimental method - ANS ✔✔the method in which one variable is manipulated to test for
causal influence on another variable
experimental personality research - ANS ✔✔a study involving a personality factor and an
experimental factor
Generality (generalizability) - ANS ✔✔the degree to which a conclusion applies to many people
idiographic - ANS ✔✔relating to an approach that focuses on a particular person across
situations
independent variable - ANS ✔✔the variable manipulated in an experiment and tested as the
cause in a cause effect relationship
inferential stats - ANS ✔✔statistics used to judge whether a relationship exists between
variables
interaction - ANS ✔✔a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable differs depending on
the level of another predictor variable
, main effect - ANS ✔✔a finding in which the effect of one predictor variable is independent of
other variables
multifactor study - ANS ✔✔a study with two or more predictor variables
personology - ANS ✔✔the study of the whole person, as opposed to the study of only one
aspect of the person
practical significance - ANS ✔✔an association large enough to have practical importance
random assignment - ANS ✔✔the process of putting people in randomly into groups of an
experiment so their characteristics balance out across groups
statistical significance - ANS ✔✔the likelihood of an obtained effect occurring when there is no
true effect
third variable problem - ANS ✔✔the possibility that an unmeasured variable caused variation in
both of two correlated variables
variable - ANS ✔✔a dimension along which two or more variations exist
acquiesence - ANS ✔✔the response set of tending to say yes in response to any question
assessment - ANS ✔✔the measuring of personality
construct validity - ANS ✔✔the accuracy with which a measure reflects the underlying concept
