PSY 0105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Random Assignment, Informed Consent, Demand Characteristics
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Social psychology: a science that studies the influences of our situations with special attention to how we view and affect one another. Compared to sociology (study of people in groups and societies), social psychology focuses more on the individuals and how they view and affect one another and does more experimentation. What research topics are chosen to be examined: differ across time and place. U(cid:374)e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:396)e usuall(cid:455) so(cid:272)ial (cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)tatio(cid:374)s (cid:894)a so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s (cid:449)idel(cid:455) held ideas and values including assumptions and cultural ideologies; help us make sense of the world) Scholars that come from the same culture (enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next) often share common viewpoints and their assumptions go unchallenged. It is trivial because it documents the obvious. It is dangerous because its findings could be used to manipulate people.
