Category
page 1Psychological methodology
qualitative research
type of research using scientific method of observation to gather and analyse non-numerical data
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role-playing
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Role-playing, or roleplaying, is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the Oxford English Dictionary offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role", in the field of psychology, the term is used more loosely in four senses:
To refer to the playing of roles generally s
cognitive load
effort being used in the working memory, which can be differentiated into three types: intrinsic, extraneous, and germane
volkerpsychologie
Völkerpsychologie is a method of psychology that was founded in the nineteenth century by the famous psychologist, Wilhelm Wundt. However, the term was first coined by post-Hegelian social philosophers Heymann Steinthal and Moritz Lazarus.
affective forecasting
predicting someone's future emotions (affect)
Critical Incident Technique
a set of procedures used for collecting direct observations of human behavior that have critical significance and meet methodically defined criteria
observational methods in psychology
psychological research
research that psychologists conduct to analyse the experiences' and behaviours of individuals or groups