PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Replication Crisis, Naturalistic Observation, Social Perception
2 Jul 2018
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24/04/2018 Introduction to Social Psychology
Interested in people and their interactions – intergroup relations
The scientific investigation of how the thoughts, feelings and behaviours of individuals are
influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others
Link people’s affective states (feelings and emotions), behaviour (the way they act), and
their cognition (their thought processes) to their social world
Researchers want to predict what people will do and when and why – causation
Social cognition, perception and interaction is key
Social cognition – making sense of the information around us – processes by which people
select, interpret, and remember social information
Social perception – how we categorise and understand other people’s behaviours – how we
make judgements and decisions based on this information
Social interaction – processes by which people interact with each other
The bystander effect – people are less likely to help in the presence of others than when
alone
Studying social behaviour:
oPerson perspective – characteristics (confidence, etc.) or features (age) that individual
carry into social situations
oSituational perspective – environmental events or circumstances outside the person
(social norms)
oInteraction between the person and the situation is the best way to analyse social
behaviour!
People are influenced by situational influences, personal influences, thoughts, feelings,
behaviours
Research methods in social psychology:
oDescriptive methods (non-experimental) – naturalistic observation (observing behaviour
as it unfolds in its natural setting); archival studies (examining archives or public records
of social behaviour); surveys (asking people about their thoughts, feelings, and opinions)
oExperimental methods – field experiments (manipulating variables using unknowing
participants in natural settings); laboratory experiments (directly manipulating variables
and observing their effects on other variables)
Replication crisis – fail the reproducibility test – psychology is currently experiencing this
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Document Summary
Interested in people and their interactions intergroup relations. The scientific investigation of how the thoughts, feelings and behaviours of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Link people"s affective states (feelings and emotions), behaviour (the way they act), and their cognition (their thought processes) to their social world. Researchers want to predict what people will do and when and why causation. Social cognition making sense of the information around us processes by which people select, interpret, and remember social information. Social perception how we categorise and understand other people"s behaviours how we make judgements and decisions based on this information. Social interaction processes by which people interact with each other. The bystander effect people are less likely to help in the presence of others than when alone. People are influenced by situational influences, personal influences, thoughts, feelings, behaviours.
