Intro to Behavioural Research + Types of Conformity Flashcards
What is an example of a practical application?
Treatments for mental disorders
What is a hypothesis?
A prediction of what you think your results are going to be
How will you know what to expect to find?
By looking at previous research results
“A prediction of what you think your results are going to be”
What am I?
A hypothesis
A researcher is carrying out a piece of research and wants to make a hypothesis.
How would they know what to expect to happen?
By looking at previous research results
Name 5 techniques Psychologists could use to study behaviour
- Experiments
- Observations
- Interviews
- Questionnaires
- Brain Scans
What does the term “sample” refer to?
The people who take part in a study
What does the term ‘practical applications’ mean?
How research findings can be used to help people
If research findings can be used to help people, we say that this study has…
Practical applications
What key term can be used to describe the people who take part in a study?
The sample
What is meant by “internal validity”?
Is a study measuring what it intends to
What is meant by the term ‘external validity’?
Can the findings be generalised outside of the study to different places or people
What 2 things are going to affect the external validity of a study?
- Where the study takes place
- Who takes part in the study
On what day of the week will you study Research Methods with your teacher, every week?
Friday
What topic will you be learning about every Friday?
Research Methods
“A study IS measuring what it intended to”
This study has high…
Internal validity
“A study is NOT generalisable to other people”
This study has low…
External validity
What is meant by ‘social influence’?
When peoples opinions, emotions, or behaviours are affected by others
What is meant by the term ‘conformity’?
Changes in an individuals behaviour or beliefs as a result of a real or imagined group pressure
Name 3 types of conformity
- Compliance
- Identification
- Internalisation
Which type of conformity is the LEAST permament
Compliance
Which type of conformity is the MOST permament?
Internalisation
What two types of conformity are stronger than compliance?
- Identification
- Internalisation
What two types of conformity are weaker than internalisation?
- Compliance
- Identification
Which type of conformity involves public change ONLY?
Compliance
Which type of conformity can involve public and POSSIBLY private change?
Identification
Which type of conformity always involves public AND private change?
Internalisation
Why does identification take place?
Because membership of that group is desirable
Where does internalisation take place?
In public and private
Where does compliance take place?
In public
Where does identification take place?
In public and possibly private
What happens when individuals showing compliance are in private?
They revert back to their original behaviour
An individual reverts back to their original behaviour and beliefs in private.
What type of conformity is this?
Compliance
An individual maintains their conformity in both public and private, no matter if the group is present.
What type of conformity is this?
Internalisation
What does an individual do with the attitudes of the group, when showing internalisation?
They accept these into their own cognitions (thoughts)
