Intro to Behavioural Research + Types of Conformity Flashcards

1
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What is an example of a practical application?

A

Treatments for mental disorders

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2
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What is a hypothesis?

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A prediction of what you think your results are going to be

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3
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How will you know what to expect to find?

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By looking at previous research results

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4
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“A prediction of what you think your results are going to be”

What am I?

A

A hypothesis

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5
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A researcher is carrying out a piece of research and wants to make a hypothesis.

How would they know what to expect to happen?

A

By looking at previous research results

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6
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Name 5 techniques Psychologists could use to study behaviour

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  • Experiments
  • Observations
  • Interviews
  • Questionnaires
  • Brain Scans
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7
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What does the term “sample” refer to?

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The people who take part in a study

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8
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What does the term ‘practical applications’ mean?

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How research findings can be used to help people

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9
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If research findings can be used to help people, we say that this study has…

A

Practical applications

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10
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What key term can be used to describe the people who take part in a study?

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The sample

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11
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What is meant by “internal validity”?

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Is a study measuring what it intends to

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12
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What is meant by the term ‘external validity’?

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Can the findings be generalised outside of the study to different places or people

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13
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What 2 things are going to affect the external validity of a study?

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  • Where the study takes place
  • Who takes part in the study
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14
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On what day of the week will you study Research Methods with your teacher, every week?

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Friday

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15
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What topic will you be learning about every Friday?

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Research Methods

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16
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“A study IS measuring what it intended to”

This study has high…

A

Internal validity

17
Q

“A study is NOT generalisable to other people”

This study has low…

A

External validity

18
Q

What is meant by ‘social influence’?

A

When peoples opinions, emotions, or behaviours are affected by others

19
Q

What is meant by the term ‘conformity’?

A

Changes in an individuals behaviour or beliefs as a result of a real or imagined group pressure

20
Q

Name 3 types of conformity

A
  • Compliance
  • Identification
  • Internalisation
21
Q

Which type of conformity is the LEAST permament

A

Compliance

22
Q

Which type of conformity is the MOST permament?

A

Internalisation

23
Q

What two types of conformity are stronger than compliance?

A
  • Identification
  • Internalisation
24
Q

What two types of conformity are weaker than internalisation?

A
  • Compliance
  • Identification
25
Q

Which type of conformity involves public change ONLY?

A

Compliance

26
Q

Which type of conformity can involve public and POSSIBLY private change?

A

Identification

27
Q

Which type of conformity always involves public AND private change?

A

Internalisation

28
Q

Why does identification take place?

A

Because membership of that group is desirable

29
Q

Where does internalisation take place?

A

In public and private

30
Q

Where does compliance take place?

A

In public

31
Q

Where does identification take place?

A

In public and possibly private

32
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What happens when individuals showing compliance are in private?

A

They revert back to their original behaviour

33
Q

An individual reverts back to their original behaviour and beliefs in private.

What type of conformity is this?

A

Compliance

34
Q

An individual maintains their conformity in both public and private, no matter if the group is present.

What type of conformity is this?

A

Internalisation

35
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What does an individual do with the attitudes of the group, when showing internalisation?

A

They accept these into their own cognitions (thoughts)