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what is differential psychology?

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the study of observable differences between individuals, in terms of their underlying psychological determinants

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idiographic vs nomothetic

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qualitative vs quantitative

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what are the three pillars of differential psychology?

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intelligence
personality
interests

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intelligence

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general ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, learn quickly and from experiences

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personality

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dynamic organisation within the individual of their psychophysical systems that determines their unique adjustment to the environment

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interests

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the extent to which individuals prefer certain choices, activities, or behaviours

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what applications can differential psychology have?

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  • health behaviours
  • clinical/abnormal behaviours
  • educational
  • occupational
  • relationships (social and developmental)
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what is social psychology?

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the scientific study of the way people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others

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what does social influence consist of?

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the effect that words/actions/presence of others has on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behaviours

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what level can social influence exist on?

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smaller/dyadic level, e.g., how family/partner influences self view

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what other disciplines is social psychology related to?

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personality psychology

sociology

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level of analysis for personality psychology

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enduring characteristics that are consistent across situations

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level of analysis for social psychology

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studying mind/behaviour of individuals in their social context

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level of analysis for sociology

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how society is organised/the study of people living together

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methods and analysis in social psychology

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  • focus on context
  • experimental design
  • manipulation of social situations
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methods and analysis in differential psychology

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  • focus on person
  • correlational design
  • measurement of psychological properties
17
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what is the replication crisis?

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both social and differential psychology have issues with whether longstanding findings can be replicated

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why are there issues with replication?

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  1. lack of unified theory due to student and convenience samples
  2. small effect sizes
  3. study focus on variables over holistic person
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lewin, 1936

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behaviour = function of (person, environment)

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funder, 2006

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behaviour = function of (person, situation)

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what was mischel’s (1968) argument?

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argued a situationist critique of personality, as trait/personality had an effect size of r=0.3 and accounted for less than 10% of the variance in behaviour

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ross (1977) and the fundamental attribution error

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there is the tendency to overestimate the extent to which behaviour is due to internal, dispositional factors and underestimate the role of situational factors

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what did the milgram experiments show?

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people are significantly influenced by the power of social situation, to an unexpected degree

24
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criticism of mischel’s situationist argument

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behaviour is most likely a result of a combination of traits and characteristics that are present, rather than one specific trait

25
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what did ahadi and diener (1989) find?

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multiple traits are needed to understand behaviourfu

26
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funder and ozer (1983) found that…

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social psychology studies produce effects of similar magnitude to situational studies
- their influence cannot be distinguished based on effect size

27
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conceptual complication

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it is difficult to exclusively attribute causality to either the person or the situation

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how did ross (1977) attempt to attribute cause?

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individuals all behave in the same way -> caused by situation

individuals vary in behaviour -> caused by disposition

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what is interactionism?

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considering the person and situation together rather than separately

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multiplicative effects

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behaviour = personality + situation

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interactive effects

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behaviour = person x situation

statistical/mechanical interactionism

dynamic (ongoing) interactionism

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what is an example of interactionism?

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trait activation theory and situation-specificity

  • traits are expressed in behaviour in reaction to trait-relevant situational cues

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