Sozialpsychologie

1. Thinking and Feeling (social self, social perceiver, social judge)

2. Relating (Communication, Persuasion, relationships)

3. Belonging (social group, influence, group behaviour, intergroup relations)

4. Applying (improving relations, controlling aggression, Altruism and Justice)

Branch of study that involves the gathering of data to test hypothesis derived from data

Set of principles aiming to explain a phenomenon

Alternative to experimental social psychology, claims universal laws of human nature don't exist

Tendency to see outcome as inevitable once actual outcome is known

Predictions that are tested empirically

Question that guides research that is conducted

Method that involves the formulation of hypothesis, based on theory and research, tests hypothesis

Language is viewed as social action, through which people construct their social world

Approach emphasizing that social phenomena develop in social context

Intentional departure from previously dominant approaches of enquiry, emphasizing that apparent realities are a social construct and therefore subject to change

Socially shared beliefs or widely shared ideas and values associated with our cultures

Research methods and their underlying assumptions (either quantitative or qualitative)

Research approach based on interpretations of data obtained by observation, use of archives and interviews, verbal but interpretations of pictures or movement etc may feature

Commonly used by CSP

Research approach based on systematic measurement of events or phenomena and the statistical analysis of data

High level of control 

Information, observations, measurements or responses that are collected, scientifically analysed and interpreted 

Aspects of a study that participants may interpret as 'demanding' a particular response (socially acceptable)

Examines the relationships or associations between variables

Involves repeated observations of the same variables over short/long periods of time

Examines the effect of one variable on another

Is manipulated and hypothesised to cause DV

Is measured and hypothesised to be influenced by IV

A branch of psychology dedicated to the study of how people think about, influence and relate to each other 

One Level of IV

Similar to a condition in which IV is manipulated but the casual factor hypothesised to influence DV is missing

Similarity between the situation of the experiment and the situation in which phenomenon of interest occurs in real life

Extent to which a researcher can be confident that the variable of interest produced the results

Additional measures to ensure the manipulation of IV had the desired effect (participants have understood the manipulation)

An experiment set up in the real world. VPN are typically unaware that they are participating 

VPN are assigned to conditions randomly to avoid overrepresentations of characteristics 

One or more IVs are related to another causal variable so it is impossible to tell which variable is having an effect

Procedure in which neither experimenter nor VPN has knowledge of experimental conditions

Research technique, researchers observe natural behaviour without intervening. Often referred to as the field study method

Type of observational study, researcher goes into the field to observe naturalistic behaviour