psychology 14 Flashcards
Social Psychology
The scientific study of how other people influence an individual’s thoughts, feelings and actions.
Psychology focuses on (blank)
sociology focuses on (blank)
- Individual
- Community
What is social psychology?
scientific study investigating the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations.
Psychology aims to predict, sociology aims to
explain
Whats the diffrence of methods used in psychology and sociology?
psychology experiment
sociology observation
Social psychology has three key things. What are they?
- focuses on our thoughts
- Seeks to understand out feeling towards others
- Focuses on our action toward others
Examples on Our thoughts about others?
Eg: Attribution and attitude
Feelings toward others examples?
Eg :Prejudice, discrimination and interpersonal attraction
Behaviors – our actions toward others examples?
Eg :Comformity, obedience, aggression and altruism
Also known as field study, involves going into the community to observe and record the behavior of people engaged in the normal activities of their daily lives. Observation accompanied by careful, accurate measurement.
What research method is this?
Naturalistic observation/ Observations of real-life situations
Psychologist conduct an intensive investigation of a person or group in order to draw general conclusions about behavior.
what research method is this?
Case studies
The researchers seeks people’s responses to questions provided in a questionnaire. Questionnaires are frequently used to inquire people’s attitude, health practices, sources of stress and many more. And involved large numbers of persons.
what research method is this?
Questionnaires and survey
What are the two types of survey?
cross sectional and
longitudinal design
Assess the degree of relationship between two or more variables or attributes ( independent and dependent variables), which usually expressed as a number on a scale that ranges from –1 to 0 to 1.
Allows us to predict but not tell whether changing one variable will cause changes in another
Naturally occurring relationships among variables
Eg ; mood and tendency to help other
What research method is this?
Correlational design
Is in the scientific sense, an investigation into cause-effect relationships through the control and manipulation of variables.
What research method is this?
Experiment
List 5 research ethics
- Informed consent
- Debriefed
- Protect participant
- Confidentiality
- Research with nonhuman animals
