week 1 Flashcards
intro to social psychology and research methods
what is social psychology
the study of how individuals think, feel and behave in a social setting
what is social psychology based on
empirical research eg. analysing data
what is organisation psychology
psychological processes and behaviours of individuals and groups in the workplace
what is personality psychology
focus on how indiivuals differ from eachother
what is cognitive psychology
focus on mental processes eg. thinking, learning, remembering, reasoning
what is clinical psychology
focus on understanding and treating psychological difficulties and disorders
what is sociology
focus on the social context, often at the group level
1880s-1920s social psychology scholars
Triplett
Ringelmann
what did Triplett discover (1880s-1920s)
participants performed better on a task when they worked side by side vs alone
what did Ringelmann discover (1880s-1920s)
participants performed worse on a task when they were working together vs alone
when did the first social psychology textbooks emerge
1880s-1920s
what was the focus in the 1930s-1950s in social psychology
need to understand the causes of violence, prejudice, genocide, conformity, obedience which was being demonstrated in the world at the time
social psychology scholars during the 30s-50s
Sherif
Lewin
Asch
Apport
Festinger
what did sherif study in the 30s-50s
social influence
what did lewin study in the 30s-50s
person and environment
apply theory to solve problems
what did asch study in the 30s-50s
conformity
what did Allport study in the 30s-50s
prejudice
what did Festinger study in the 30s-50s
social comparison theory
cognitive dissonance theory
world events that influenced the 30s-50s social psychology field
WW2/holocaust
social psychology scholars 60s-70s
Milgram
what did Milgram study
obedience, inspired by WW2. (shock therapy experiment)
what did milgrams experiment discover
the power of authority and how someone in a position of authority can influence people to behave unethically and against their wishes
what topics were expanded on in the 60s-70s
perceptions of self and others
groups
helping
aggression
physical attractiveness
stress
what started to change regarding the 60s-70s experiments
talks of ethics and bias in the experimental approaches due to Milgrams experiment
changes to social psychology in the 70s-90s
better ethics
what can hypothesis be based on
observations
existing theory
previous findings
what did they focus on in the 70s-90s
social cognition
cultural differences
what is social cognition
how individuals perceive, remember, and interpret information about the self and others
social psychology today looks at
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
what are the 2 aims of research in social psychology
basic: understand human behaviour
applied: understand naturally occurring events and find solutions to practical problems