PS270 Study Guide - Hindsight Bias, Social Neuroscience, Social Desirability Bias
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Studies the influences of our situations, how we view and affect others. Influence and relate and think about of others. Our social intuitions are often powerful but perilous . Restrain impulsive intuitions with critical thinking social influences shape our behaviour. Relating to others is a basic need: how accepted we are by others. Social psycho principle are applicable in everyday life. obvious values enter social psychology: culture, time. Subtle ways value commitments masquerade as objective truth. Social neuroscience: biological and social influences, mind and body. Object of social psych analysis: investigate how value from, none of them tell which is right. Theory: integrated set of principles explain n predict observed events, scientific shorthand. Testable predictions hypotheses. operationalization : translate theoretical variable to observe variables. - - > valid?- - valid and reliable. Survey researc: sample does not predict, just describe. Evaluate a survey: unreprsentitive samples, order of the questions, response bias and social desirability, wondering of the question.
