social psychology chap 1

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the scientific study of human social behaviour

social psychology

the scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours as influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others

social paychology

attempts to understand and explain the behaviour of an individual or groups of individuals as he or she influences, and is influenced by other persons.

social psychology

The information gathered and utilized by social psychology resulted from

scientific inquiry

The information gathered and utilized by social psychology resulted from scientific inquiry and carried out using

scrintific method

social psychology is a _____because of the information and the methods it uses in gathering data and explaining behaviour.

sciecne

Psychology as a field can be allied to many other disciplines which include:

humanities, social sciences and anthropology

go hand in hand. They are both the scientific study of people. Both help people understand the dynamics of emotions, relationships and behaviours better.

psychology and sociology

The study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

sociology

provides necessary materials regarding the structure, organization and culture of society, in which human behaviour is born

soxiology

dedicated to helping others, work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being.

social psychology and social work

concerns individual cultures in a society, rather than the society as a whole.

anthropology

Anthropologists place special emphasis on

language, kinship patterns, cultural artifacts

Traditionally, it focuses on what might be termed “primitive” cultures, such as the Yanomamo people of the South American jungle, who live much the same way they did hundreds of years ago.

psychology and anthropology

study language, to see how language influences particular societies

anthropologist

sed by sociologists, economists, political scientists and other social scientists to understand general patterns of social behaviour such as homicide rates, consumer and voter behaviours.

societal level of analysis

used by clinical and personality psychologists in explaining behaviour in terms of a person’s unique psychological make-up and life history.

individual level of analysis

According to this viewpoint, a person’s traits and motives can explain why individuals behave in such a way as they do

individual level of analysis

The focus of this level of analysis is the person’s current social situation. Social situations include other people in the environment, their attitudes and behaviours and their relationship to the individual.

interpersonal level of analysis

Its emphasis is that the power of the situation is based on the idea that people are malleable, flexible and adaptable).

interpersonal level of analysis

consists of observing and assessing the relationship between two or more variables (or factors).

correlational research

As one variable increases, the other variable also increases; as one variable decreases, so as the other variable.

positive correlation

As one variable increases, the other variable decreases and vice versa.

negative correlation

there is no relationship at all meaning the value of one variable is not related to the value of the other variable.

no correlation

This is designed to examine cause and effect relationship between variables.

experimental research

variable that is manipulated (cause)

variable that is observable or measure(effect)

This method is used by researchers who are interested in collecting subjective reports or responses directly from a set of respondents or sample.

sample survey

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