Individual situation

Question 1

Individual:

Answer 1

Look at the person as being the cause of behaviour (their personalities)

Question 2

Examples of individual studies:

Answer 2

Baron-Cohen (1997)

Hancock (2011)

Question 3

Situational:

Answer 3

Situational explanations look at circumstances around an individual. (Groups and environmental context)

Question 4

Examples of situation studies:

Answer 4

Milgrim (1963)

Moray (1959)

Question 5

+/- of individual

Answer 5

+research has practical applications
+Criterion validity-helps is understand and predict behaviour
-bad ethics- behaviour is blamed on individual and nothing else

Question 6

+/- of situational

Answer 6

+practical applications, focuses on real life social issues, also understand how behaviour can be changed in a positive way
+use of deception in studies are common so high ecological validity

• ignores biological causes, reduces validity
• ethical issues of deceiving pps to achieve valid results