Social Approach 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyApproachesASOCR Created by: lcarter37Created on: 16-05-15 13:55 what is the main assumption from this approach? the main assumption is that peoples behaviours change in the presents of other people. what people do is influenced by other people. 1 of 10 what experimental method do social researchers prefer? field experiments. this allows them to see natural behaviour in natural environments. 2 of 10 what other methods might they use? they may use laboratory experiments. but will deceive participants of true aims in order to study natural behaviours. 3 of 10 what is social desirability bias? social desirability bias is when a person will lie or give a certain answer to appear more socially acceptable. 4 of 10 what does the social approach study? the social approach studies social behaviours; helping behaviour, obedience, social identity theory. 5 of 10 what studies are included in this approach? Milgram, Piliavin, Reicher and Haslam. 6 of 10 what does Milgram study? Milgram studies peoples levels of obedience when asked to administer lethal electric shocks. 7 of 10 what does Piliavin study? Piliavin studies how people respond and help in an emergency situation. 8 of 10 what does Reicher and Haslam study? reicher and haslam study how people identify to roles of prisoners when taking part in an experiment conducted in an artificial prison. 9 of 10 what is Social Identity Theory? Social Identity Theory studies how people identify to a group of people and how thus effects their behaviour and self esteem. 10 of 10
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