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current issues in social psychology Flashcards

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what is social psychology?

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scientific investigation of how thoughts, feelings and behaviours of individuals are influenced by the real or imagined pressure of others

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what is human behaviour?

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open and more subtle behaviour (meaning depends on perspective)

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what is social behaviour?

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individual thoughts and feelings. underlying processes lead to cognitive processes which lead to neurochemical brain processes

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what are the two strands of social psychology?

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psychological and sociological

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what is the philosophical origin of psychological social psychology?

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logical empiricism (scientific knowledge is the only kind of factual knowledge)

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what is the philosophical origin of sociological social psychology?

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social contructivism/humanistic
(behaviour depends on subjective experiences)

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what is the prevailing process to psychological social psychology?

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social cognition
(how people process/remember info in social contexts to explain and predict behaviour)

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what is the prevailing process to sociological social psychology?

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language and culture

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what methodology does psychological social psychology use?

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quantitative/ hypothetico deductive (eg, hypothesis testing and experiments)

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what methodology does sociological social psychology use?

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qualitative/inductive (search for a general pattern from observations)

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what is the ABC model?

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affective, behavioural and cognitive components of behaviour

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what does affective mean in the ABC model?

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feelings/emotions

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what does behavioural mean in the ABC model?

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actions

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what does cognitive mean in the ABC model?

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thoughts/beliefs

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what are criticisms for the ABC model?

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only focuses on individuals- struggles to explain social change

ignores context

too simplistic

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what are three types of sensitivity?

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threat of disclosure
social desirability
intrusiveness

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what are examples of ways we can reduce the effects of sensitive questions?

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adjust the research setting

assure participants of confidentiality

use anonymous response techniques

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what are the ethical requirements of research?

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need approval from the local ethics committee

need to look at risk to the participant

need to gain valid consent

data should be kept confidential

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what is behaviourism?

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behaviour associated with positive outcomes is increased

relies on classical and operant conditioning

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what is social learning theory?

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people learn from observing and imitating other people’s behaviour

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what is cognitive psychology?

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looks at internal mental processes

actively interpret our environment through our thoughts and cognitive processes

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what does Gestalt theory suggest?

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the whole is different from the sum of its parts

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what is social cognition?

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looks at how cognitive processes are constructed and influence behaviour

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what is evolutionary social psychology?

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based on evolutionary psychology and Darwin’s theory

useful traits have developed through natural selection

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what is personality?

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our behaviour depends on individual differences and characteristics

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what is the collectivist approach?

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people internally represent socially constructed group norms which influence behaviour

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what does the neuroscience approach suggest?

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psychological processes happen in the brain so must be associated with electro-chemical brain activity

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what is reductionism?

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breaking down a problem into parts

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what are the issues with reductionism?

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reduces the complexity of an issue

needs to return to the original problem to be useful

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what is positivism?

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we incorrectly accept science without questioning it

studying humans is studying ourselves, so is biased

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what is open science?

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we should aim to make science available and accessible for everyone

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