Psych 1B- Chapter 2 PDF

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Chapter 2 notes for M. Polstra's PSYCH 1B class...

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Chapt er2 Theory, Hypothesis, & Prediction heor y:anexpl anat i onusi ngani nt egr at edsetofpr i nci pl est hator gani z esobser v a•t t i onsandpr edi ct sbehavi or s

-pr ov i desanex pl anat i on,ar eas onwhy -al r eadyt es t edsetofani deas( notnew) -ex:di ffus i onofr esponsi bi l i t y -peopl eal onear emor el i k el yt opr ov i dehel pt hanpeopl ei ngr oupsbecausef eel i ngsofr esponsi bi l i t yar espr eadac r ossmul t i pl ei ndi v i dual s

•hypot hesi s:at ent at i v equest i onwai t i ngf orev i dencet osuppor torr ef ut ei t -r el at est oaspeci fi csi t uat i on -ex:t hes i z eofagr oupofs t udent si sr el at edt owhet hert hosest udent swi l lhel panot herst udentpi ckupdr oppedpaper s

•pr edi ct i on:ast at ementt hatmak esanas ser t i onconcer ni ngwhatwi l l occuri napar t i cul arr esear c hi nv est i gat i on comeoft hes t udy -r el at est ot heout

-ex:wepr edi ctt hat ,whenaper sondr opsas t ackofpaper s ,l ones t udent swi l l hel p mor et hangr oupsofst udent s

Hypothesis & Predictions

•hypot hesi s:expl ai nst her el at i on •pr edi ct i ons :expl ai nst heout come/ r esul t soft hoser el at i ons •nul lhypot hesi s=t her ei snor el at i onbet ween2v ar i abl es( nodi ffer ence/ cor r el at i on)

•al t er nat i v ehy pot hesi s= r el at i ons hi pi spr esentbet ween2v ar i abl es( di ffer enc e/ c or r el at i onex i st s)

Library Research

•i nt er netsear ches -SRJCLi br ar ySear c hEngi ne( s) •smar ts ear c h

-schol ar . googl e. com -notWi ki pedi a -canuseeasybi b. com f orr ef er encepage

Helping Keywords

-hel pi ngbehavi or -pr osoc i al behavi or -al t r ui s m -byst andereffect -di ffus i onofr esponsi bi l i t y

Helping

•Whydopeopl enothel p? -t hi nkot her swi l l hel p t anderapat hy( effect ) •bys

•di ffus i onofr es pons i bi l i t y

-f earofs oci albl under( embar r as si ng) -f earofpuni shment( outoft henor m) -not i met ohel p -amessy( bl oody)orunus ual v i c t i m •Whydopeopl ehel p? -empat hy j oymodel( wheny ouf eelempat hyf orot her s&hel pt hem;i twi l l r esul ti n y ouf eel i ngj oy)

-negat i v est at er el i efmodel( hel pi ngsomeonemak esy ouf eelbet t er ) -genet i cdet er mi ni sm •max i mi z echanc eofs ur vi v alofgenessi mi l art ohel per

•Underwhatcondi t i onsdopeopl ehel p? -goodmood -smal l ( notl ar ge)gr oup...