PSYCH 2C03 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Digital Video, Small Favor, Pluralistic Ignorance
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Course goals: content of social psychology, research in social psychology, impact of research on social psychology theory, application of social psychology theory and research to novel ((cid:1688)real world(cid:1689) situations) Research methods (how we know what we know) Can we say that x caused y? they relevant only to the group being studied. In different situation different types of power will be more important. Very specific to the situation - situation specificity (e. g. in a certain setting think these things are right - understand sometimes you"re going to learn things that you only deem useful in that specific situation) What type of conformity: field experiments on conformity and littering (ciadini et. If a sign that you"re getting fined = coercive. Field experiments on conformity and j walking (drisball & muller) Should we reduce confromity: conformity can lead to bad things, ex. In migrams words: milgram famous for experiments that investigate whether people will follow commands that they think are horrible.