PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Interpersonal Attraction, Stanley Milgram, Canadian Psychological Association
2 Apr 2015
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Chapter 2: doing social psychology research study sheet. This chapter discusses social psychological research processes (how ideas are born and developed and how to begin the research process) as well as social psych ethics and values. Social psych poses questions on the courses of relationships, efficiency of working in groups and regret of action vs. inaction. Research process = coming up with ideas, refining them, testing them, interpreting meaning of results obtained: asking questions. Good theories often inspire additional research, or stimulate studies designed to test various aspects of theory as well as specific hypotheses derived from them. Accurate theory is worthless without testability just as a theory can strongly contribute to the field despite turning out to be wrong (through further research it inspires) Fate of all scientific theories is to be criticized and surpassed: basic and applied research. Basic research = seeks to increase our understanding of human behavior, often by testing a hypothesis based on a theory.
