SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Little Albert Experiment, Earthbound, Scientific Method
10 Sep 2016
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Lecture 2: continued from lecture 1, social psychology as science (slide 15) The scientific method vs. [problematic: personal experience, commonsensical knowledge learn though others. Many hands make light work counter saying too many cooks spoil the broth . So social psychologists test it many times; have a small group do the task and large group do it to see what actually works. E. g. only use 10% of our brain film; lucy we use different parts for different things. The sayings aren"t so great after all: philosophy. Set of propositions that try to explain a certain phenomenon. Declares something: e. g. this will happen under these conditions + the outcome reason. The bystander effect: people are less likely to help when there"s more people around them, reason feelings of personal responsibilities decreases. None of the above is the answer. General explanation for different social behaviors in different situations. E. g. students and teacher but they"re in the same place.
