PSYCH 3331 - FINAL QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED
Social Psychology (definition) Ans✓✓✓-Scientific study of how
individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context
-is the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a
social context.
Goals of Science Ans✓✓✓-to describe
-to explain
-to predict
-to control
Tools of the Trade Ans✓✓✓theories and methods:
-Theory: organized set of principles used to explain observed
phenomena
-Methods: systematic plans, procedures, techniques, or modes of
scientific inquiry
Basic Research Ans✓✓✓-seeks to increase our understanding of human
behavior and is often designed to test a specific hypothesis from a
specific theory.
,Applied Research Ans✓✓✓-to enlarge our understanding of naturally
occurring events and to contribute to the solution of social problems.
Interactionist perspective Ans✓✓✓- Behavior is a function of factors;
basically below is the interactionist approach to social psychology
B = f (P,E) Ans✓✓✓-Behavior is a function of factors
-Personal factors
-Also environment (situation, context, etc.)
Theories Ans✓✓✓-an organized set of principles (rules, assumptions)
used to explain observed phenomena.
-provide an explanation of behavior
Hypothesis Ans✓✓✓-testable prediction about the conditions under
which an event will occur
-used to test theories
Methods Ans✓✓✓-Systematic plans, procedures, techniques or modes
of scientific inquiry.
What is a good theory Ans✓✓✓-Simplicity: simple, parsimonious
(explain a lot in little words)
-Comprehensiveness: organizes into consistent, unified work
,-Generativity: generates and guides future research
-Falsifiable
-Functional: used to improve world condition
Buck vs. Bell Ans✓✓✓-Supreme Court decision
-sterilized women against their will who weren't married and considered
incompetent
-Supreme Court ended it in 1927
-Carrie Buck who had a child out of wedlock
-Court ruled in favor of the State of Virginia, against Buck
-Nazi's used this as a model for their sterilization laws
Tuskegee Study Ans✓✓✓-was a clinical study conducted between 1932
and 1972 in Tuskegee, Alabama by the U.S. Public Health Service
-individuals came to receive treatment; others decided whether they
received treatment or not.
Field Theory (Kurt Lewin) Ans✓✓✓-Need, Tension state (force), Goal,
Satisfaction, Valence, Value, Barrier, Substitute, and Satiation
Force Ans✓✓✓a need creates a tension state or a force
Tension State (Force) Ans✓✓✓-a need creates a tension state toward
the goal that satisfies need.
, -stronger the need, the stronger then tension state.
Goal Ans✓✓✓what satisfies your need
Valence Ans✓✓✓-attractiveness
-stronger the valence the stronger the tension state
Value Ans✓✓✓goals have value: experience of the goal
Barrier Ans✓✓✓may affect the valence of the goal
Self-completion Ans✓✓✓When we use our behavior to prove to
ourselves that we are a certain kind of person
Satisfaction Ans✓✓✓when reaching the goal satisfies the need; state of
completion
Substitute Ans✓✓✓may gain similar valences as the original goal
Satiation Ans✓✓✓saturation
Descriptive Methods Ans✓✓✓-to describe people and their thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors.
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED
Social Psychology (definition) Ans✓✓✓-Scientific study of how
individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context
-is the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a
social context.
Goals of Science Ans✓✓✓-to describe
-to explain
-to predict
-to control
Tools of the Trade Ans✓✓✓theories and methods:
-Theory: organized set of principles used to explain observed
phenomena
-Methods: systematic plans, procedures, techniques, or modes of
scientific inquiry
Basic Research Ans✓✓✓-seeks to increase our understanding of human
behavior and is often designed to test a specific hypothesis from a
specific theory.
,Applied Research Ans✓✓✓-to enlarge our understanding of naturally
occurring events and to contribute to the solution of social problems.
Interactionist perspective Ans✓✓✓- Behavior is a function of factors;
basically below is the interactionist approach to social psychology
B = f (P,E) Ans✓✓✓-Behavior is a function of factors
-Personal factors
-Also environment (situation, context, etc.)
Theories Ans✓✓✓-an organized set of principles (rules, assumptions)
used to explain observed phenomena.
-provide an explanation of behavior
Hypothesis Ans✓✓✓-testable prediction about the conditions under
which an event will occur
-used to test theories
Methods Ans✓✓✓-Systematic plans, procedures, techniques or modes
of scientific inquiry.
What is a good theory Ans✓✓✓-Simplicity: simple, parsimonious
(explain a lot in little words)
-Comprehensiveness: organizes into consistent, unified work
,-Generativity: generates and guides future research
-Falsifiable
-Functional: used to improve world condition
Buck vs. Bell Ans✓✓✓-Supreme Court decision
-sterilized women against their will who weren't married and considered
incompetent
-Supreme Court ended it in 1927
-Carrie Buck who had a child out of wedlock
-Court ruled in favor of the State of Virginia, against Buck
-Nazi's used this as a model for their sterilization laws
Tuskegee Study Ans✓✓✓-was a clinical study conducted between 1932
and 1972 in Tuskegee, Alabama by the U.S. Public Health Service
-individuals came to receive treatment; others decided whether they
received treatment or not.
Field Theory (Kurt Lewin) Ans✓✓✓-Need, Tension state (force), Goal,
Satisfaction, Valence, Value, Barrier, Substitute, and Satiation
Force Ans✓✓✓a need creates a tension state or a force
Tension State (Force) Ans✓✓✓-a need creates a tension state toward
the goal that satisfies need.
, -stronger the need, the stronger then tension state.
Goal Ans✓✓✓what satisfies your need
Valence Ans✓✓✓-attractiveness
-stronger the valence the stronger the tension state
Value Ans✓✓✓goals have value: experience of the goal
Barrier Ans✓✓✓may affect the valence of the goal
Self-completion Ans✓✓✓When we use our behavior to prove to
ourselves that we are a certain kind of person
Satisfaction Ans✓✓✓when reaching the goal satisfies the need; state of
completion
Substitute Ans✓✓✓may gain similar valences as the original goal
Satiation Ans✓✓✓saturation
Descriptive Methods Ans✓✓✓-to describe people and their thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors.
