week 1

Question 1

what is social psychology

Answer 1

the study of how individuals think, feel and behave in a social setting

Question 2

what is social psychology based on

Answer 2

empirical research eg. analysing data

Question 3

what is organisation psychology

Answer 3

psychological processes and behaviours of individuals and groups in the workplace

Question 4

what is personality psychology

Answer 4

focus on how indiivuals differ from eachother

Question 5

what is cognitive psychology

Answer 5

focus on mental processes eg. thinking, learning, remembering, reasoning

Question 6

what is clinical psychology

Answer 6

focus on understanding and treating psychological difficulties and disorders

Question 7

what is sociology

Answer 7

focus on the social context, often at the group level

Question 8

1880s-1920s social psychology scholars

Answer 8

Triplett
Ringelmann

Question 9

what did Triplett discover (1880s-1920s)

Answer 9

participants performed better on a task when they worked side by side vs alone

Question 10

what did Ringelmann discover (1880s-1920s)

Answer 10

participants performed worse on a task when they were working together vs alone

Question 11

when did the first social psychology textbooks emerge

Answer 11

1880s-1920s

Question 12

what was the focus in the 1930s-1950s in social psychology

Answer 12

need to understand the causes of violence, prejudice, genocide, conformity, obedience which was being demonstrated in the world at the time

Question 13

social psychology scholars during the 30s-50s

Answer 13

Sherif
Lewin
Asch
Apport
Festinger

Question 14

what did sherif study in the 30s-50s

Answer 14

social influence

Question 15

what did lewin study in the 30s-50s

Answer 15

person and environment
apply theory to solve problems

Question 16

what did asch study in the 30s-50s

Answer 16

conformity

Question 17

what did Allport study in the 30s-50s

Answer 17

prejudice

Question 18

what did Festinger study in the 30s-50s

Answer 18

social comparison theory
cognitive dissonance theory

Question 19

world events that influenced the 30s-50s social psychology field

Answer 19

WW2/holocaust

Question 20

social psychology scholars 60s-70s

Answer 20

Milgram

Question 21

what did Milgram study

Answer 21

obedience, inspired by WW2. (shock therapy experiment)

Question 22

what did milgrams experiment discover

Answer 22

the power of authority and how someone in a position of authority can influence people to behave unethically and against their wishes

Question 24

what topics were expanded on in the 60s-70s

Answer 24

perceptions of self and others
groups
helping
aggression
physical attractiveness
stress

Question 24

what started to change regarding the 60s-70s experiments

Answer 24

talks of ethics and bias in the experimental approaches due to Milgrams experiment

Question 24

changes to social psychology in the 70s-90s

Answer 24

better ethics

Question 25

what can hypothesis be based on

Answer 25

observations
existing theory
previous findings

Question 25

what did they focus on in the 70s-90s

Answer 25

social cognition
cultural differences

Question 25

what is social cognition

Answer 25

how individuals perceive, remember, and interpret information about the self and others

Question 25

social psychology today looks at

Answer 25

integration of emotion, motivation and cognition
genetic and evolutionary perspectives
cultural perspectives
interdisciplinary approaches
brain and body
new tech
replicability of findings and open science practices

Question 25

what are the 2 aims of research in social psychology

Answer 25

basic: understand human behaviour
applied: understand naturally occurring events and find solutions to practical problems