Social Psychology

1. findings are usually more accurate than our everyday understanding (common sense) of human behavior. (pp.25-26)

2. Scientific theory is a statement about the relationships between abstract concepts. (p.27)

3. Social psychologists seek to discover principles that explain the behavior of many people in many situations. (p.27)

4. Theories can be evaluated only on the basis of research: Research that is trustworthy and excludes bias and error. (p.29)

5. The best way a researcher can ensure construct validity is to use multiple . (p.31)

6. To directly watch and record people’s behavior is called the measure. (p.32)

7. The social psychological processes that are most likely to operate in a similar way among different populations are the most processes. (p.39)

8. Due to social psychology being primarily a phenomenon, it is often difficult to generalize research findings to other cultures. (p.39)

9. Research has high validity if the researchers can conclude that a change in the independent variable has caused a change in the dependent variable. (p.41)

10. assignment creates groups that are approximately equivalent to each other on all aspects. (p.35)

11. A research design is often used in field studies, when variables cannot be intentionally manipulated. (p.36, p.42)

12. In an experimental research design, participants are assigned to experimental groups, and the independent variable is intentionally manipulated. (p.35)

13. Random assignment of participants to groups ensures that groups will differ only on the variable. (p.35)

14. Due to reasons, researchers cannot intentionally manipulate certain variables such as feelings of depression or ethnic prejudice. (p.36)

15. Researchers' attempts to one form of validity often lead to a decrease of other forms of validity. (p.43)

16. As one single study is often not enough to convince people of the strength of a particular theory, scientists must seek to the study in other settings, using different populations. (p.44)

17. When a community of scientists has generally accepted a theory because it has been replicated across many different studies, they have reached a social . (p.45)

18. Designing a research method in such a way to enhance its validity as much as possible means it excludes as many and errors as possible. (p.46)

19. Review Boards were established in the US in the mid-1970s to review research plans on ethical standards before research is conducted. (p.51)

20. Informing participants as soon as possible about the use of deception in an experiment is done through . (p.51)