Correlation method in Social Psychology

Merits and Demerits of Correlation method

Terminology in Experimental Research

Ethnography in Social Psychology

Micro & Macro ethnography. Emic & Etic Perspectives. Situational Reduction.

Symbols, Cultural Patterning, Tacit knowledge and Meta Analysis.

Threats to the Validity of Experimental Research and minimise these effects.

Ethical issues in Social Psychology

5 main areas of Social Influence

Obedience as Social Influence

Forms of Obedience

Experimental Studies of Human Behaviour:

A) Stanley Milgram Experiment
B) The Stanford Prison Experiment and
C) The Hofling Hospital Experiment.

4 major Strategies of Compliance

Empathy - Altruism Hypothesis in Social Influence

Interpersonal Attraction

Factors of Interpersonal Attraction

Heider's Balance theory

Interpersonal Attraction in the Light of Different Theories

Theories of Aggression

Social Information Processing theory, one of Aggression theories.