Exam 1 Flashcards
What are the parent disciplines of social psychology?
sociology and psychology
According to House, what are some of the similarities and differences between the sociological and psychological approaches to social psychology?
Sociology- Three basic meta-theoretical paradigms and approaches to which all students of sociology should be exposed:
1.Organizational or Structure- that constrains or influences the behavior of human beings
2. Social psychology- ways in which structural phenomenon influences and are influenced by psychological variables and processes
3. Demographic- social forces influenced and are influenced by biological variables
Psychology
Psychological social psychology- how individuals are influenced by stimuli
Social structure and personality- macro properties on individuals
Symbolic interactionism
Why does House argue that social sciences are less organized than other fields?
They are much younger
What is the Coleman boat?
Coleman boat provides a link between macro sociological phenomena and individual behavior.A macro-level phenomenon is described as instigating particular actions by individuals, which results in a subsequent macro-level phenomenon. In this way, individual action is taken in reference to a macrosociological structure, and that action (by many individuals) results in change to that macro structure. Social psychology looks at the micro-interactions in which culture affects structure.
What is a theory?
organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why two or more events or processes are related (hypotheses are derived from theories)
What kinds of issues are important to keep in mind when developing theories?
- Relational statements
2 things minimum
more precisely the nature of the relation is stated, the better for the scientific method - Interesting implications
through generality- don’t want to be limited by time or space
the simpler the argument that applies to the most content in the future - Generality
What kind of issues are important to keep in mind when collecting evidence to test theories?
Truth
-Logic form (not just “logical looking”)
scientistic thinking- seems scientific but there is no scientific logic
-Testability
-Validity- getting the answer you want
-Reliability
Beauty
-simplicity
Lsen and “warm glow hypothesis”
o Cookies and kindness- when you feel good there is a higher chance you will do good.
-Fertility
· Nordhoy M.A. thesis on “risky shift”
o Put people into groups- together people are more likely to make risky decisions
o Group goes towards the pole
o When you put people in a group to discuss opposing things- they are more polarized
-Surprise
Justice
-Ethics of learning- respectful and protective to subjects
-Ethics of knowing- be careful with what you do with the knowledge after collected
What is reliability?
Receiving the same result over time
What is validity?
The study effectively measures what it intends to study
What are the different strengths of laboratory and, survey, participant observation, and archival research methods?
1. Laboratory Advantage- control, testing theory, understanding what comes first 2. Survey Representation 3. Observation and interviews More delayed understanding Process 4. Archival Span time and space
What is the difference between random sampling and random assignment and what are the benefits of each?
Random sampling- is the sample group of subjects that are selected by chance, without bias.
Random assignment- is when each subject of the sample has an equal chance of being in either the experimental or control group of an experiment.
What are three causal interpretations of a correlation between two variables?
A causes B
B causes A
Z causes A and B
What does it mean to conduct fertile research?
Research that leads to further research
What is culture shock?
sense of disorientation or anomie experience when operating outside one’s own culture/subculture
What is pop culture?
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