Introduction and Application Flashcards
(34 cards)
scientific study of how people think about and influence, and relate to one another
social psychology
scientific study of human society
sociology
scientific study of the individual and individual behavior
personality psychology
impact on INDIVIDUALS on INDIVIDUALS
persuasion
impact of GROUPS on INDIVIDUALS
conformity
impact of INDIVIDUALS on GROUPS
leadership
impact of groups on groups
intergroup conflict
construct social reality
social thinking
father of social psychology
kurt lewin
behavior is a function of the experiment of the person and the environmetn
kurt lewin
pioneered experiment in social psychology studying effects of others in cycling prformance
normann triplett
published article on individual effort in cooperative group than alone
max ringelmann
also known as social loafing
ringelmann effect
“i knew it all along”
hindsight bias
conducive to arrogative - overestimation of intellectual powers
hindsight bias
integrated set of principles
theory
testable proposition
hypothesis
study of naturally occurring relationships among variables
correlational research
cause-effect rel.; manipulates one or more factors while controlling others
experimental research
two variables increase/ decrease together
positive correlation
variable moves in opposite directions
negative correlation
no correlation
zero correlation
used for large number of participants
survey research
introduce so change into setting while holding all other factors constant
lab experiment