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Introduction to Social Psychology - Coggle Diagram
Introduction to Social Psychology
Overview
Scientific in nature
accuracy, objectivity, skepticism, open-mindedness
Focuses on the Behavior
Understand the Causes of Social Behavior and Thought
The actions and characteristics of other people, cognitive processes, environmental variables: impact of the physical world, biological factors
The Search for Basic Principles in a Changing Social World
Factors that Influence People's Thoughts
Action, Characteristics, Cognitive Processes (Memory and Inferences), Cultural Context, Biological Factors
Advances at the Boundaries
Cognition and Behavior: Two Sides of the Same Social Coin
The Role of Emotion in the Social Side of Life
Relationships: How They Develop, Change, and Strengthen or--End
Social Neuroscience: Where Social Psychology and Brain Research Meet
The Role of Implicit (Nonconscious) Processes
Social Diversity
multicultural perspective
Social Psychologist Research Knowledge
Systematic Observation- survey method
Correlation: The Search for Relationships- hypothesis
The Experimental Method- independent and dependent variables, random assignment of participants to experimental conditions
Further Thoughts on Causality: The Role of Mediating Variables
3 Major Areas of Social Psychology
Social Perception, Social Interaction, Social Influence
The Role of Theory in Social Psychology
Procedure involved in building a theory
theory reflects evidence is proposed
theory consists of basic concepts and statements, organize existing information, makes prediction about observable events
hypothesis-- tested by actual research
confidence in its accuracy increased
theory accepted and it remains open to further refinement