Evaluation Of Social Area

Question 1

Key Principles of Social Area

Answer 1

1) Social environment around us influences our behaviour and thought processes
2) Our relationships with others in society influence our behaviour and thought processes processes

Question 2

Nature or Nurture?

Answer 2

Nature - upbringing and birth influences factors such as environment and interactions
Nurture - nurtured from young age to help others in need, some cultures more than others

Question 3

Individual or situational

Answer 3

Situational - relationships with others influences our behaviour. For example, how prestigious a university is%

Question 4

Reductionist or Holistic?

Answer 4

reductionist as focuses on environment and the people around u, doesn’t take in account biological

Question 5

Free will or deterministic?

Answer 5

Deterministic - behaviour is a result of situation or environment we are exposed to, which is beyond our control.

Question 6

Socially sensitive?

Answer 6

Yes - some research could offend stereotypes or certain groups of people, such as malls, students or different cultures.

Question 7

Ethical or not

Answer 7

Mostly ethical as some research has to break into social area to break ethical guidelines, such as informed consent if it wants to find certain trends or patterns

Question 8

Scientific or not?

Answer 8

Msorly yes - most research use IV and DV and quantifiable measures, correlation analysis, level of control and standardisation.

Question 9

Useful?

Answer 9

Yes as good insight into why people behave differently in different situations, to what you would predict if or how you would say things and behave, can help with further applications such as whistleblowing policies and teaching simpatia values in school.

Question 10

Strength of social area in general

Answer 10

1) scientific as it uses lab based research and implements control, collects quantitative data. Meaning objective data which can form valid conclusions on

Question 11

Weakness of social area

Answer 11

1) unethical research - breaks ethical guidelines such as consent and RTW as it manipulated environment to create negative social situations to assess the impact on individuals. Can reduce further participation and reputation of study.
2) deterministic - people’s behaviours only product of external factors