introduction to social psychology Flashcards
ethics in social psychology
what was the important contribution and what did this raise concern about?
what were critics concerned about?
the important contribution was the development of ethical guidelines.
this arose a concern about participants in famous research.
critics were concerned about the levels of stress participants were put under as researchers manipulated social situations to see the effects on their behaviour.
what are the two features of social psychology?
the effects of interaction between individuals.
the effect of being in groups within society.
1)what is the behaviour as what the effects of interaction between 2)individuals help?
3)what do the outcomes of this effect depend on?
what is the effect of interactions between individuals about?
1)helps behaviour known as altruism.
2)depends on those involved, location, cost and rewards.
3)when people help other people and send signals to other people by the way they look and behave, they obey certain people.
what is studied within the social approach?
helping behaviour, body language and obedience.
prejudice, peer group pressure and crowds behaviour.
what is the Agency theory?
what does it suggest?
what do people give up in order to do?
theory of obedience.
suggests that people are agents within society and behave in such a wat as to benefit their society.
they give up their free will and decision making and do exactly as they are told by someone in authority even if this mean harming other human beings.
what is the effect of being in groups within society?
people live within a culture and society and that their behaviour is affected by their experiences within a society where they are members of certain groups.
what does the social identity theory suggest?
suggests that by identifying oneself as being a member of a group, a person can become prejudiced against other members of another rival group.
groups are prejudiced against other members of a peer group, copy one another and crowds can become unruly.
