Psychology 3780F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Trait Theory, Cyberethics, James W. Pennebaker
21 Apr 2017
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Chapter 5 alternatives to experimental research in social psych. Profound events are worthy of serious empirical scrutiny even if they cannot be examined with the meticulous research designs associated with laboratory-based research in social psychology (i. e. natural disasters, terrorist attacks). Pennebaker and harber: collective coping based on self-reported thinking and talking following the earthquake: emergency phase, inhibition phase, adaptation phase. Thoughts about the event remain relatively high during first two phases but dissipate in the third phases, where people act as if the event is over. In contrast, actual talking about the event declines from the end of the emergency phase through the adaptation phase. In the inhibition phase, lack of talking about the event increased thoughts about it, mentally stewing over the events. No conditions representing distinct levels of an iv. No sensitive dvs that allow researchers to link cause and effect. No control group(s) or limited use of comparison groups.
