Chapter 1: Methods of Social Psychology

Question 0

Hindsight bias

Confirmation bias

Answer 0

Hindsight bias
People believe that would’ve done better looking back

Confirmation bias
People seek out info that affirms their expectations/hypothesis

Question 1

Social psychology is:

Answer 1

Social psych- the real or imagined presence of others

Question 2

Observational designs

Answer 2

Observational designs

Observing people and recording behavior
Focus here is on description of what can be seen

Question 3

Ethnography

Archival research

Answer 3

Ethnography is watching people and writing it down

Archival Research- goes through published things during events to research

Question 4

Correlation design

Answer 4

Correlation designs

Two variables are measured and the relationship is assessed

Correlation coefficient R

• Pos neg (-1/1)
• Strength

Correlation does not imply causation!

Question 5

Internal versus external validity

Answer 5

Internal validity

• High when you are sure the IV cause DV
• extent to which IV causes dv

External validity
-If its too artificial results may not be applicable to real life

Question 6

Two types of realism

Answer 6

Two realisms

Mundane realism
Extent to which it’s like real life

Psychological realism
Extent to which exp similar to psych processes occurring in real life