Social Psychology

theory testing

  • come up with idea about human social behavior that youd like to test

  • develop a theory and a testable hypothesis

  • select a research method

  • collect data

  • analyze data

  • interpret data and revise theory as needed

correlation

  • correlation is not evidence of causation

bystander syndrome - theory is diffusion of responsibility caused lack of helping

  • as number of bystander increases helping decreases