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Applying social psychology

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Where do psychologists work? Name 7 settings

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  1. University 25,9%
  2. Medical school 6,3%
  3. Schools /educational 8,1%
  4. independent practice 5,7%
  5. hospital/ other health service 25%
  6. Government / medical center 16,3%
  7. Business / nonprofit 10,4%
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What is social psychology? Quote

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The scientific study of the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals in (and about) social situation

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What does social psychology observe? Name 5 key terms

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  • how people are influenced by others
  • how people make decisions
  • inferences we make about other’s attitudes and personalities
  • the influence of situational variables on behavior
  • how we make sense of our world
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“hard science provides the facts- but the social and behavioral science explain..?

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.. how we interpret those facts into our judgments and actions

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How can (social) psychologists help?

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they know attitudes, beliefs, and affective reactions to issues

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Research has shown us that: we worry less about..

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  • risks we feel won’t personally affect us
  • risks if they are far in the future
  • abstract risks
  • risks that are caused by choices which also provide a benefit to us
  • risks over which we have some control
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If you want to make people aware of risks you have to make this risks ..

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  • local and personal
  • concrete
  • focus on the present
  • point out the trade-offs between risks and benefits
  • stress the element of personal control
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Name 4 kinds of social influence on behavior

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  1. social facilitation
  2. modeling
  3. impression management
  4. norms
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modeling

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other people’s behavior serves as a model for our own behavior

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impression management

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  • attempts to consciously or unconsciously control the impressions other people form of us
  • by regulating the information we provide to them
  • by strategic self-presentation
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Name 2 ways to apply social psychology

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  1. theory driven

2. problem driven

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For which term does each letter of the PATH model stands for

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Problem
Analysis
Test
Help

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Name 5 steps the PATH model consist of

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  1. Form problem to problem statement
  2. Formulating explanations based on theory
  3. Constructing and testing a process model
  4. Design an intervention program
  5. Developing an implementation plan
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Step 1 of PATH model

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What is the Problem?

What are we trying to change in whom?

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Step 2 of PATH model

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Which explanation can we generate for the problem / the outcome variable?

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Step 3 of PATH model

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Design a process model to visualize the explanations: which factors are involved in an explanation? Are there mediations, interactions, etc.

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Step 4 of PATH model

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Decide which factors in the intervention will be targeted. Choose the channel, the method, and the strategies you want to use in the intervention

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Step 5 of PATH model

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Plan the implementation: which parties are involved, do we need to take policy into account - in short, how do we make sure that our target group will be exposed to the intervention ?

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Problem analysis =

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background
content
research

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Problem definition =

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a short “sketch” of the problem for communication purpose

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Name 6 questions you ask by analyzing a problem

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  1. What?
  2. Why?
  3. For whom?
  4. What are the main causes?
  5. What target group?
  6. What are the main aspects?
    1. Is it an applied problem?
    1. Is is a social-psychological problem?
    1. Can it be solved?
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WHAT

Which 2 elements problems contain?

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consequences (lung cancer)

behavior (smoking)

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Which social-psychological theories can help to explain problems? Name 3

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  • Conditioning
  • Social Cognitive Theory
  • Theory of Planned Behavior
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Conditioning

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Making repeated associations between stimuli and behavior cause the behavior to become automatic.

E.g. smoking when in the presence of company or alcohol, such as when you’re going out.

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Social Cognitive Theory

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Focuses among other things on the role of self-efficacy, social environment (peer pressure), rewards and punishments (e.g. higher taxes on cigarettes), and outcome expectancies

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Theory of Planned Behavior

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Focuses on attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, which together predict the intention to perform a certain behavior.

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The outcome variable should be..

Name 5 characteristics

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  • relevant
  • specific and concrete
  • representable in numbers (less/ more)
  • changeable
  • reflect the desired end state

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