Module 1: doing Social Psychology Wednesday‚ August 29‚ 2012 3:54 PM Social Psychology: The art of people-watching in a scientific manner. Theory: a broad explanation for a wide set of phenomena‚ strongly supported Concise: coherent‚ systematic‚ predictive‚ widely accepted. Strongly supported by many lines of evidence. Must be testable and falsifiable Generated more exploration Applicable to life Hypotheses: the edited Theory. What constitutes a good theory? Have your theory; generated
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in a social world‚ we are social beings. The effect of others around us can be an influence on our behavior. What does mere presence refer to? What factors are taken into account when determining the effect of mere presence and how do the factors work? Explain the difference between social facilitation and social inhibition. Explain the fundamental attribution error and give an example. What are the physical and behavioral effects of being in a crowd? 2. Primary to understanding our social relationships
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In social psychology‚ I have become fascinated with social cognition‚ the way we think about ourselves and the way we think of others. The phenomena’s I find most intriguing is the way we conserve mental effort and self present. One way we conserve mental effort is by reducing the amount of thinking we have to do when meeting someone new and this is done by stereotyping. Stereotyping is best defined as a widespread belief about a certain group of people. It allows us to quickly respond to a situation
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Module 1 Doing Social Psychology blz. 3 t/m 14 Social psychology The scientific study of how people think about‚ influence‚ and relate to one another. Forming and testing theories Theory An integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events. Hypothesis A testable proposition that describes a relationship that might exist between events. Correlational research: detecting natural associations Correlational research The study of the naturally
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Analysis of Cheating in pre-marital relationships Analysis of Cheating in pre-marital relationships Makkiya Jawed 1017112 SZABIST EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As part of a Social Psychology project‚ conducted under the supervision of Dr. Rubina Feroz‚ a research was conducted to understand the factors which motivate adults to cheat. The research investigated several factors which lead to infidelity in pre-marital relationships. A sample of 20 college
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History of Psychology PSY/310 August 29‚ 2011 Psychology was originated from the roots of philosophy Socrates‚ Aristotle and Plato asked many hard questions for example how the mind works. “According to psychology historian Morton Hunt‚ an experiment performed by the King of Egypt‚ as far back as the seventh century B.C.‚ can be considered the first psychology experiment (Hunt‚ 1993‚ p. 1). The king wanted to test whether or not Egyptian was the oldest civilization on earth. His idea was that
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humans on a pedestal. Animals are no longer beings that roam the earth and exist in their own world interconnected. They are on display for humans to look at in zoos and in their homes as pets. They exist in our text books as something to learn about and something that humans live separate from. Animals are stupid‚ not nearly as intelligent at humans. They cannot talk speak or dress or shop or take care of themselves. This is how animals exist in our world. This is our world‚ this is
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effect of similar magnitude and direction across levels of the other IV Ethics of Experimental Research * institutional review boards * informed consent * use deception only if essential * protect people from harm * information about participants should remain confidential * debrief participants at end Methods – summary * independent variable (IV) is something that is manipulated * dependent variable (DV) is something that is measured * Correlational studies
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History of Psychology Psy/310 June 10‚ 2013 Chasity Johnson History of Psychology The study of psychology contains a history. Unlike a general history course taught by a history teacher‚ the history of psychology is taught by a psychology teacher (Goodwin‚ 2008). Several philosophers are associated with the beginnings of psychology as a formal discipline. Multiple philosophers in the western tradition were primary contributors to the formation of psychology as a formal discipline. During
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A History of Modern Psychology PSY/310 The creation of psychology didn’t just happen out of nowhere. The development of psychology has taken place over the past several centuries‚ resulting in the creation of great psychologists‚ philosophers‚ and students of science. The behavioral process and the scientific study of the mind are known as psychology. Curios minds always wondered how to study and theorize human behavior‚ but it took psychologists and philosophers to study‚ analyze‚ and
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