Applied social psychology samenvatting
Table of contents:
1. Introduction to applied social psychology
2. The use of theory in applied social psychology
3. Applications of social psychology to increase the impact of behaviour-focused intervention
4. The dilemmatics approach to applied research design: a case study of violent video games effects and aggression
5. The social psychology of consumer behaviour
6. Social psychology and developement aid
7. Social psychology and economic behaviour: heuristics and biased in decision-making and judgement
8. Applying social psychology to the classroom
9. Social psychology and environmental problems
10. Social psychology of health and illness
11. Social psychology and immigration: relations between immigrants and host societies
12. Social psychology and mental health
13. Explaining crime over the life course
14. The social psychology of organizations
15. Social pscyholgoy and political behaviour
16. Social sport and exercise psychology
17. Social psychology and driving behaviour
Hoofdstuk 1: Introduction to applied social psychology
Social psychology is the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of human behaviour and thought in social situations, and the motivations, cognitions and emotions related to such behaviour. Applied social psychology is the systematic application of social psychological constructs, principles, theories, intervention techniques, research methods and research findings to understand or ameliorate social problems. They will increase the social utility(“nut”) of their work by clearly communicating the results of their work.
There are two types of approaches:
deductive= start with a particular theory and examine to what extent the theory may be helpful. (basic social psychologists)
inductive= start from a specific social problem and examine to what extent various theories may help to understand this specific problem. (applied social psychologists)
Scientific values important in this field are accuracy, objectivity, scepticism and open-mindedness.
Causes of behaviour and cognitions:
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