PSYCH 3CD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Field Experiment, Dependent And Independent Variables, Ingroups And Outgroups
18 Jan 2017
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Told participants they were in a study on how people process information when it is presented visually. Participants given 39 sentences to read through in random order, sentences are desirable/undesirable behaviour by members of group a or group b. Researchers vary group distinctiveness and distinctiveness of behaviour type using frequencies: group a: 26 statements (frequent, group b: 13 statements (infrequent, positive behaviours: 27 (frequent, negative behaviours: 12 (infrequent) Everything is kept consistent twice as many people in group a, twice as many desirable behaviours. There is no real correlation between group membership and type of behaviour. Dependent variables 1: group membership attributions, fill in the blank indicating which group a behaviour was performed by (recall correct group membership) Dependent variable 2: trait ratings, rate members of group a and b on characteristics (social and intellectual) Participants correctly identify group member who completed positive behaviours.
