PSYC 3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Critical Mass, Organism, Natural Experiment
10 Sep 2015
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Adaptation theory: living in the city changes us internally (milgrim) Situational theory: city only changes our outward behavior not internally (latnae) Selection theory: cities pick their people people who are here are drawn here by the city people who leave are pushed out by the city. S-o-r (stimulus organism response) theory: the impact of the city (s) environment on behavior (r) depends on the individual (o) involved. Men and women have different reactions when crowded. Subcultural theory: city environment affects people by only by forming subcultures cities form groups and people can find each other (fischer)(pg 25- Experiment(52%): researcher creates a situation and predicts an outcome. Lab (50%) highly controlled setting controlled and easy to replicate participants know they are being studied they can be biased. Field (2. 4%) uncontrolled setting very random and there is room for greater variability harder to do much more of a natural experiment with more natural results.
