Psych 360 Social 09 03 2013 Sit Performance Why can t we conclude Sit Performance Sit Performance Study Attention Span etc Other factors that can lead to good performance 1 Sit Performance 2 Performance Sit 3 Sit Motivation Performance Sit Engagement Performance Indirect affect seating is basically the domino that gets things into motion Violent Video Games Aggression VVG Aggression Aggression VVG VVG Poor Parenting Aggression 4 Characteristics 1 Manipulate X IV 2 Control Group 3 Random Assignment 4 Measure Y DV Isolate 2 variables Sun and Sunburn X Independent variable one your manipulate I Individual Y Dependent variable one you measure D measure Figure out if the independent variable influences the dependent Independent Video Game Dependent Aggression Control Group acts like a baseline Dispositional Aggressiveness Don t let people chose what game they are playing random assignment Psych 360 Quiz 1 Quiz 09 03 2013 How does social psychology differs from sociology Social psychology treats the individual as the unit of analysis How does social psychology differ from personality psychology Social psychology deals with how situations influence behavior Principle of multiple determinism There are many factors that influence behavior not just a single one Translate each of the following into a single sentence each Don t be creative by trying to come up with synonyms use the words happiness and job productivity Happiness Job Productivity Happiness is correlated with productivity Happiness and productivity are correlated Happiness Job Productivity Happiness influences productivity Happiness causes productivity Happiness contributes to productivity Happiness affects productivity Suppose a study reveals that college students who drink more tend to get lower grades What type of relationship does this represent Negative There are exactly 3 that is 3 and only 3 logical possibilities why drinking and grades might be correlated Lay 2 of them out in words as opposed to figures in one sentence each Drinking Grades Drinking influences hurts grades Grades Drinking Grades influence drinking Drinking Irresponsible Grades Some third variable influences both drinking and grades Don t use the same one twice make sure to do different variables third variable has to influence both Imagine a well conducted albeit silly experiment reveals that participants assigned to watch the video Daft Punk s Get Lucky were subsequently more likely to report that they intended to stay up all night til the sun than participants assigned to watch some other equally engaging music video Imagine further that the researchers first asked participants to report their attitudes toward watching music videos and they found that participants who reported more favorable attitudes toward watching music videos were more likely to report that they intended to stay up all night than did those who reported less favorable attitudes toward watching music videos Which if any of the following conclusions can be drawn from the results of the study There is a relationship between watching the Get Lucky video and intending to stay up all night G L Stay Up o Yes Watching the Get Lucky video influenced students intentions to stay up all night G L Stay Up o Yes There is a relationship between favorable attitudes toward watching music videos and intending to stay up all night Enjoy Videos Stay Up o Yes Favorable attitudes toward watching music videos influenced intentions to stay up all night Enjoy videos Stay up o No Dr Watson believes people who are under stress will develop more colds than people who are not under stress will When he randomly selects 10 initially healthy participants and exposes them all to high levels of stress he finds that 6 of the participants develop colds Based on these he concludes that stress leads to an increase in colds Which if any of the following are flaws in Dr Watson s reasoning There was no control group The research methods video described 3 characteristics that all experiments have in common labeled i ii iii below and I added a forth iv i Measure D V o Measure the quiz or whatever it is they take ii Random Assignment o The freshman will be randomly selected from the Hall to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity and your not being bias coin flip of which will go to dining hall and which to study hall iii Control Group o There will be a control group who will take the test in the quiet study hall by manipulating the independent variable you are creating a control group Manipulate I V o The other group will take their quiz in the dining hall instead of the study hall your picking up the participants and moving them manipulating the people 1 Manipulate Independent variable 2 Include control Group 3 Random Assignment 4 Measure Dependent Variable Which of the following would provide the strongest evidence that spending time on social media makes people feel lonelier 100 General Psychology students draw a number as they come into the lab If they draw an odd number they spend an hour on social media If they draw an even number they spend an hour anywhere on the internet except at social media sites At the end of the hour students who were on social media report slightly but significantly more loneliness that students who were not on social media Experiment Will be on EXAM 1 2 and On HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2 It is well established that high school students who view more alcohol ads tend to drink more alcohol Atkin 1990 for instance found that whereas 46 of teens who were heavily exposed to beer ads reported drinking at least one beer in a typical week only 29 of teens who were lightly exposed to such ads reported drinking at least one beet in a typical week Treat the correlation between exposure to beer ads and beer consumption as a given On the basis of this evidence can we infer that exposure to beer ads influences beer consumption among teens If so explain why If not provide another explanation for the correlation NOTE Reciting the 5 word demonstrate your understanding of the mantra Correlational Study Ads Drinking o No o Ads Drinking o Drinking Ads o Drinking Poor Parenting Ads 3rd variable influences both you don t have to come up with an exact variable 09 03 2013 Social Cognition How do people think about and make sense of other people Figuring out how people think about the things in other peoples Who do we pay attention too who do we trust Making copies Langer et al 1978 Excuse me I have 5 pages always a