The social approach Flashcards
What is social psychology?
The study on how individual or group behaviour is influenced by the presence or behaviour of others
When did the social approach in psychology become influential?
1950s and 1960s
What did social researchers study?
The situations people act in rather than dispositional factors like personality
What a ‘situational factor’?
External influences on behaviour
What a ‘dispositional factor’?
Internal characteristics that influence certain behaviours
What is a independent variable (IV)?
A variable that researchers manipulate in an experiment to see how it affects a dependent variable (DV)
What is a dependent variable (DV)?
A variable that is measured and expected to change in response to the manipulation of the independent variable (IV)
What is an extraneous variable (EV)?
A variable that can affect the results of an experiment that the researcher is not investigating
Define ‘social approach’
strengths
weaknesses
