PSYC 2245 Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch. 2: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Random Assignment, Dependent And Independent Variables
29 Sep 2016
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A fundamental principle of social psychology is that many social problems, such as the causes of and reactions to violence, can be studies scientifically. When conducting research sometimes the results are predicable. Hindsight bias: people exaggerate how much they could have predicted an outcome after knowing that it occurred. Theory: an organized set of principles that can be used to explain observed phenomenon. Hypothesis: a testable statement or idea about the relationship between two or more variables. Social psychologists like scientists in other disciplines, engage in a continual process of theory refinement. They develop a theory, test specific hypotheses derived from that theory, and, based on the results, revise the theory and formulate new hypotheses. During the kitty genovese murder, no one called for help after hearing her screams for 45 minutes. After hypothesis is made they must now conduct research by first detecting which variables are to be examined and measured/manipulated.
