Uh Manoa Psy100 Masuda Exam 1 Study Guide (Latest Semester) Graded A+

reactivity {Ans: the phenomenon that occurs when knowledge that one is being observed alters the behavior being observed}stream of consciousness {Ans: a phrase coined by William James to describe each person's continuous series of ever-changing thoughts}personality psychology {Ans: the study of enduring characteristics that people display over time and across circumstances}Wilhelm Wundt {Ans: founder of introspection}third variable problem {Ans: a problem that occurs when the researcher cannot directly manipulate variables; as a result, the researcher cannot be confident that another, unmeasured variable is not the actual cause of differences in the variable of interest}experimental research {Ans: research designed to discover causal relationships between variables}