PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Philip Zimbardo, Internal Validity, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

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Objectives: how social psychology is tested, types of correlational research methods, how: experimental research, qualitative research, ethical issues, how culture affects results. Order of headings goes like this, this, this. How social psychology is tested: form a question, search literature, form hypothesis, create an operational definition, collect and analyze data, propose/revise a theory. Questions are based on real-world events, made to test out theories, etc . Realistic conflict theory: the belief that actual conflict between groups of people is based on competition between them for resources. e. g. they"re taking our jobs. used against minority groups (jobs are finite resources) To determine what others have found. e. g. association between information disclosure and self-esteem, trust, and need for popularity with facebook users. Literature review: examining previous relevant studies on a given topic and critically appraising them finding useful articles etc. Expected cause and effect relationship between two variables.