Module 1 - What is Social Psychology Flashcards
What is Social Psychology
The scientific investigation of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of other people.
What is sociology
concerned with groups, organisations, social categories and society as a whole
What is social athropology
similar to sociology but focuses on exotic societies and cultural issues.
What is socialisation
The process by which we learn the ways of society or of a particular group
What are the agents of socialisation
any people or groups that influence our self-concept, emotions, attitudes and behaviour eg. family, education system, peer groups, workplace, media, government, religion
What is primary socialisation? (With an example)
Socialisation is the process by which we learn the ways of society or of particular groups. PRIMARY Socialisation occurs in the individual’s family.
(From lecture 1)
What is anticipatory socialisation? (With an example)
Anticipatory socialisation involves learning to play a role before entering it (e.g., learning about a job before actually doing that job).
(From lecture 1)
What is resocialisation? (With an example)
Resocialisation is the learning of new norms, values, attitudes, and behaviours to match a new situation in life. Some forms of resocialisation are straightforward (e.g., learning workplace policies, adapting to Uni, retirement). Some forms are more extreme (e.g., total institutions like prisons).
(From lecture 1)
What are the four types of assimilation and multiculturalism?
- TOTAL ASSIMILATION: this occurs where minorities abandon their heritage and adopt the host culture.
- MELTING POT ASSIMILATION: This occurs when minorities assimilate and may modify the host culture.
- LAISSEZ-FAIRE MULTICULTURALISM: This occurs when cultural diversity persists without planning.
- ACTIVE MULTICULTURALISM: This occurs when cultural diversity exists through planning.
(p. 671).
What is a hypothesis?
A hypothesis is a prediction. It is an empirically testable prediction about what co-occurs with what, or what causes what. For example, it was hypothesised that increases in laughter would correlate with increases in happiness.
(p. 8).
What is an experiment?
An experiment is a hypothesis test in which something is done to see its effects on something else. For example, I made people laugh to see if that effects their scores on a wellbeing test.
(p. 9).
What is Indigenous psychology?
Indigenous psychology is a psychology created by and for a specific cultural group, based on the claim that culture can be understood only from within its own perspective.
(p. 668)
What is a laboratory experiment?
A laboratory experiment is a controlled experiment carried out in a laboratory. A laboratory is a place, usually a room, in which data is collected, usually by experimental methods.
(p. 11)
What is a field experiment?
A field experiment occurs when we collect data in the environment where it naturally occurs. For example, I go outside to the street and collect data about how often people honk their car horns. The field experiment is different to the laboratory experiment because data collection occurs outside in the natural setting, not inside the controlled conditions of the laboratory.
(p. 12)
What is an independent variable?
An independent variable is a feature of a situation that changes of its own accord or can be manipulated by an experimenter to have effects on a dependent variable. For example, I want to know what effect laughter has on wellbeing. In this example, laughter is my independent variable or IV. This is because I am manipulating laughter to see what impact it has on something else - wellbeing.
(p. 9)
