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Unit G541 : Psychological Investigations (30% overall mark for AS)

Unit G541 : Psychological Investigations (30% overall mark for AS) Taught through research activities as well as through the core studies:

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Unit G541 : Psychological Investigations (30% overall mark for AS)

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  1. Unit G541: Psychological Investigations (30% overall mark for AS) Taught through research activities as well as through the core studies: The 1 hour exam paper has three sections, all sections and questions are compulsory and include identifying appropriate areas of research methods in source material, using data from source material and proposing appropriate research methods on source material. You will be required to critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each research method. Self Report, Experiment , Observation, Correlation Unit G542: The Core Studies(70% overall mark for AS) Fifteen core studies; three studies from each of the five approaches, social, cognitive, physiological, developmental and individual differences: 2 hour examination in three sections. Section A: short answer questions on all 15 core studies Section B: one in depth question about research methods in one core study Section C: choice of one question from 2 about approaches (cognitive, developmental, individual differences, physiological and social), issues (ethics, ecological validity, longitudinal and snapshot studies, qualitative and quantitative data) or methods (experimental, case study, self report, observation and reliability and validity).

  2. Psychology Assessment G541: 1 Hour (Section A, B, C) You will be tested on 3 out of 4 Research Methods (experiments, correlations, self-report, observation) G542: 2 Hours (Section A, B, C) 15 Core Studies Section A: Short Answer, All studies Section B: Longer Answers, 1 study Section C: Longer Answers including an essay, 1 approach

  3. Social Psychology

  4. What is Social Psychology? Social psychology looks at the relationships between people, and how people’s behaviour changes when other people are around. Social psychology looks at the relationships between people and their environment, and how people’s behaviour changes when they are put into different contexts.

  5. All behavior occurs within a social context, which has norms and values. Therefore from an early age we are taught these rights and norms. For example,____________________________________. . Other people are a major influence on people’s behaviour, especially those who are in a position of authority. For example,_______________________________________________. An individual’s behaviour is affected by situational factors such as the environment or upbringing. For example,______________________________________________.

  6. What would you do?

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  14. Core Studies • Milgram – Obedience • Haslam & Reicher – Social roles (Prisoner and Guard) • Piliavin – Bystander Effect (Altruism, helping behaviour)

  15. Core Study One: Milgram Key Concept: Obedience When have you done anything blindly? When have you followed instruction at the instruction or request of someone else? …Why? (You must identify one event – however young you were.)

  16. What are these pictures describing? What might have the rest of the world thought about the Germans after WWII

  17. Background & Why the study was performed • Unquestioning obedience has led people to commit crimes against humanity. E.g. Holocaust where 6 million innocent people in Nazi Germany were slaughtered by people who were “following orders.” • One theory is that the Germans were more obedient than other nationalities. This became known as the ‘Germans are different’ hypothesis (dispositional hypothesis). • Milgramfavoured the ‘Situational Hypothesis’ and suggested the Holocaust was in fact the result of conditions at the time, specifically the existence of a powerful authority figure with charisma and powers of persuasion (Hitler). • Milgram therefore argued that anyone, regardless of nationality, finding themselves in these conditions would obey in the same way the Germans had and he went on to test this.

  18. The dispositional hypothesis. People’s obedience depends on their character (disposition) rather than the situation Agentic/autonomous states and diffusion of responsibility Authoritarian personality/authoritarian submissiveness • One theory was that Germans were different

  19. What would you do? You have been asked to take part in an experiment on memory and learning. • Upon arrival you have been paired up with another participant and you each have been allocated a role: • You will be the teacher • The other participant will be the learner. • The learner has been hooked up to an electric shock machine and every time they make a mistake on the task you have been instructed by the researcher to give an electric shock. Each time the learner makes a mistake you will increase the number of electric shocks by 15 V. (15V-450v) • Would you give the full 450 V if instructed to do so by the researcher?

  20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5cjyokVUs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmFCoo-cU3Y&list=PLFBB2C7F248563E72

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