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List some problems social psychology deals with. |
education, health care, mental health, law, economy, technology, media, politics, energy crisis, terrorism... |
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Define "psychology." |
the scientific study of human behavior. Psychology defines how individuals think, feel, and behave. |
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Define "social psychology." |
the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. |
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C&C social psychology and sociology. |
Sociology looks at groups, while social psychology looks at individuals. |
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What four main things are emphasized in social psychology? |
1. the power of the situation. 2. the power of the person. 3. the importance of cognition. 4. application. |
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Define "culture." |
the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to another. |
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Define "theory." |
an integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events. |
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Define "hypothesis." |
a tentative proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between events and/or variables. |
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What are the three types of research designs? |
1. field or naturalistic. 2. surveys. 3. correlational study/experimental. |
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Define "correlational study." |
a study that looks at relationship or association between variables. |
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What is the difference between a correlation study and an experiment? |
a correlational study looks for an association between variables. an experiment looks for a cause/effect relationship. |
