Social Psychology Research Methods

What is the first step in social psychological research?

Where do many hypotheses in social psychology come from?

Which research design involves observing people and systematically recording their behavior?

What is the goal of ethnography in social psychology?

What type of method is useful for describing the nature of a phenomenon and generating hypotheses?

Where do some hypotheses in social psychology come from, according to the text?

Which method involves attempting to understand a group or culture by observing it from the inside?

What method do researchers use to examine documents or archives, such as looking at photographs in magazines to see how men and women are portrayed?

Which method is very useful when the goal is to predict one variable from another by systematically measuring two or more variables and assessing the relationship between them?

What is the limit of the correlational method?

What is the only way to determine causality in research?

What does internal validity in experiments refer to?

What is accomplished by increasing the realism of an experiment in social psychology research?

What do social psychologists conduct to study the ways in which culture shapes people’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior?

What have social psychologists become increasingly interested in, particularly studying hormones and behavior, the human immune system, and neurological processes in the human brain?

What do social psychologists follow to ensure the welfare of their research participants?