social psychology (issues and debates)

Question 1

ethics

Answer 1

when researching obedience and prejudice and also implications of findings in both areas)

Question 2

practical issues in the design and and implementation of research

Answer 2

designing questionnaires and interviews…practical investigation and social desirability

Question 3

reductionism

Answer 3

the risk of reductionism when drawing conclusions from social data

Question 4

comparisons between ways of explaining behaviour using different themes

Answer 4

eg- the two theories of prejudice: social identity and realistic conflict theory

Question 5

psychology as a science

Answer 5

social desirability in questionnaires; issues of validity in questionnaires

Question 6

culture and gender

Answer 6

whether prejudice and obedience are influenced by cultural factors or according to gender

Question 7

nature-nurture

Answer 7

the role of personality in obedience compared with the role of the situation

Question 8

an understanding of how psychological knowledge has developed over time

Answer 8

if using Burger’s work replicating Milgram and comparing with his work or looking at Tajfel’s ideas and the contemporary study

Question 9

issues of social control

Answer 9

reducing prejudice or how people obey someone in authority/uniform

Question 10

The use of psychological knowledge in society

Answer 10

reducing conflict in society

Question 11

issues related to socially-sensitive research

Answer 11

racism or cultural differences in social psychology