__________ is the systematic study of people’s thoughts, feelings and behavior in social contexts.

Study Guide for Modules 1 and 2

Social Psychology

1. __________ is the systematic study of people’s thoughts, feelings and behavior in social contexts.
2. In which of the hallmarks that characterize any science does social psychology fall short?
3. ____________are theoretical concepts put into a measurable form.
4. _____________refer to organized sets of propositions about how various elements of social life are related.
5. ____________are specific statements about how variables will relate to one another in a research study.
6. ___________is the one that changes as a result of being affected by another variable.
7. ____________are those variables that are believed to lead to a change in another variable.
8. ___________ is the larger group of people about whom the researcher wishes to draw conclusions.
9. __________ is ­a group of people selected to represent the population.
10. ___________ is a type of sample in which participants are chosen systematically.
11. __________ are samples where any available person is included in the sample.
12. __________ refers to when a study yields the same results using the same techniques and data. 
13. __________use in-depth, semi-structured modes of observation or interviewing of subjects.
14. _________ is a descriptive analysis of a group or organization.
15. Which of the following are types of qualitative research methods?
16. __________are a type of variable where responses are ordered, but the distance between them is not necessarily equal. 
17. ____________ include a series of related questions designed to develop one of more dimensions of a given concept.

Sociology

Psychology

Social psychology

Social physics

Theories

Hypotheses

Variables

Independent variable

Dependent variable

Population

Sample

Probability sample

Random sample

Convenience sample

Snowball sample

Quantitative methods

Qualitative methods

Surveys

Field experiments

Participant observation

Ethnography

Reliability

Validity

Categorical variables

Ordinal variables

Interval variables

Ratio variables

Laboratory experiments

Indices (scales)

Focus groups

Content analyses

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