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Research methods • Chapter 2 Social psychology is a science Findings in social psychology are based on the scientific method. Scientific research describes a phenomenon (are people more aggressive when it is very hot outside?), makes predictions about it (will the rate of homicide increase during the summer?), and explains why it happens (why do people act more aggressively when it is hot?). Steps in the research process Form a question All research in social psychology and other scientific fields starts with a question. Many studies start with a question based on observation of a real­world event. Sometimes people form questions based on their own experiences of observations. Sometimes these questions are designed to test established theories in psychology. Question Many other hypotheses come from observations of everyday life, such as why people failed to help murder victim Kitty Genovese. • Thirty­eight neighbors failed to call police during her prolonged and violent murder. • Genovese’s neighbors might have assumed that someone else had called the police. Why did people fail to call police? ... - tailieumienphi.vn
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