Question 1

Suppose that you participate in an experiment that is designed to examine the effects of sadness on creativity. Even though the sadness manipulation used by the experimenters is very artificial, you nonetheless experience deep sadness during the study. Thus, the study was apparently high in ____________________.

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Question 2

Compare and contrast the experimental method with the correlational method. How do these two approaches differ, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

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Question 3

As discussed in the textbook, the main weakness with correlational research (as opposed to experimental research) is that the researcher cannot draw conclusions about ____________________.

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Question 4

According to the textbook, is most social psychological research high in external validity? Why or why not? How big of a problem is cultural relativity for social psychology as a field, and what steps are researchers taking to address it?

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Question 5

Repeating an experiment is called ____________________.

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Question 6

Compare and contrast social psychology with two other branches of psychology (e.g., cognitive psychology, personality psychology).

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Question 7

When a researcher conducts an experiment, and is fairly certain that changes in the independent variable caused changes in the dependent variable, that experiment is said to be high in ____________________.

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Question 8

True experiments have two key features that make them different from other studies. First, in a true experiment, the researcher manipulates (varies) one or more independent variables. Second, the researcher makes use of ____________________.

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Question 9

Explain the self-correcting nature of science.

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Question 10

Compare and contrast social psychology with two related fields outside of psychology (e.g., sociology, anthropology).

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Question 11

Outline the scientific method, describing each of the different steps involved.

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Question 12

Describe the ABC triad and give examples of each component with respect to the experience of falling in love.

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Question 13

Explain the difference between applied and basic research.

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Question 14

Explain the difference between reliability and validity.

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Question 15

During the era in which social psychology was emerging as a discipline, it was caught between two opposing camps: behaviorism and Freudian psychoanalysis. Explain how social psychology did not fit neatly into either of those camps, and how it ultimately integrated features from both as it emerged as an independent field.

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