Topic 1 Social W

• Obedience + prejudice

  o- following instructions from authority figure

  p- pre fixed attitude or belief towards individual or a group
• Social psychology 


  Study of how our behaviour is influenced by the presence, attitudes and actions of others
• Asch study 1951


  a number of participants were asked to give the number of the line which matched the displayed line. but only 1 of these people was a real participant, the rest were confederates (actors) who purposefully said the wrong answers to see the reaction of the real participant. the repetition of the study found that 37% of the real participants conformed and changed their answer to match the actors answers either believing the actors were right or not wanting to go against the group. With an ally, only 5% conform.
• Ethics def


  Balance between the interests of a participant and the scientific value of the research
• BPS

  British Psychological Society
• BPS GUIDELINES

  Can/Consent

  Do/Deception

  Can’t/Confidentiality

  Do/Debriefing

  With/Withdrawal

  Participants/Protection
• Generalisability

  How representative is the sample? Age/gender/culture
• Reliability


  How well controlled /standardised the procedure is
• Application

  Who benefits in society from research?
• Validity

  Is the task (internal)/ setting (ecological) true to real life? Does it show natural behaviour?
• GRAVE

  Generalisability

  Reliablity

  Application

  Validity

  Ethics