IB Psych: Sociocultural Approach

Maya carries out an observational study, but the people being observed do not know that she is observing them. What type of observation is this?

• Covert

• Natural

• Confederate

• Quasi

An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher

• Covert

• Natural

• Confederate

• Quasi

A method used to analyse qualitative data in which the research looks for "themes" or trends that emerge from the data.

• Content analysis

• Observation

• Longitudinal study

• Method triangulation

Research over a period of time using observations, interviews or psychometric testing. 

• Content analysis

• Observation

• Longitudinal study

• Method triangulation

The process by which someone comes into contact with another culture and begins to adopt the norms and behaviors of that culture.

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Marginalization

• Enculturation

When an individual abandons their original culture and adopts the cultural behaviors and values of a new culture.

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Marginalization

• Social comparison

The process of adopting or internalizing the schemas of your culture.

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Marginalization

• Enculturation

When it is not really possible to maintain one’s original culture, but because of exclusion or discrimination, it is not possible to assimilate into a new culture.

• Acculturation

• Assimilation

• Marginalization

• Enculturation

Four important factors in social learning are:

• Attention

• Retention

• Reproduction

• Motivation

A mental schema of an individual in terms of group membership or physical attributes.

• Stereotype

• Social comparison

• Informational social influence

• Normative social influence