SOCIAL RESEARCH

Folk Wisdom and Research Methods

Research the following saying : "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

· Briefly describe how you would conduct a social psychological experiment to test the veracity of the proverb or saying.

· As you have described it, what would the experiment be able to tell you?

· What would it not be able to reveal?

· Consider existing social psychology research that could be applied to analyzing the saying.

· Does the research validate the proverb?

· Briefly describe how you would conduct a social psychological experiment to test the veracity of the proverb or saying.

· As you have described it, what would the experiment be able to tell you?

· What would it not be able to reveal?

· Consider existing social psychology research that could be applied to analyzing the saying.

· Does the research validate the proverb?

800 word discuss

Required Resources:

Feenstra, J. (2013). Social Psychology. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-62178-578-1

· Chapter 1: Discovering Social Psychology SEE ATTACHED FILE

Billedo, C., Kerkhof, P. & Finkenauer, C. (2015). The use of social networking sites for relationship maintenance in long-distance and geographically close romantic relationships. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18(3), 152-157.

Blakstad, O., (2008, Jul 10,). Experimental Research. Retrieved from https://explorable.com/experimental-research (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Blakstad, O., (2008, Jul 17,). Research Designs. Retrieved from https://explorable.com/research-designs (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Burns, W.D. (2008). Research only matters if you do research that matters. Journal of College Science Teaching, 37(2), 12-14.
          (ProQuest Document ID: 1447219371).

Experimental Research: http://www.experiment-resources.com/experimental-research.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. This site provides information about the steps of the scientific method. The site will allow students to understand and explore how science, research and experiments are conducted. Many examples are included.

Explorable.com (2009, May 2,). Statistical Correlation. Retrieved from https://explorable.com/statistical-correlation (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Explorable.com (2010, Jan 18,). Correlation and Regression. Retrieved from https://explorable.com/correlation-and-regression (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

OpenStax, Psychology. OpenStax CNX. Apr 9, 2018 http://cnx.org/contents/[email protected]. Retrieved from https://cnx.org/exports/[email protected]/psychology-6.1.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

· Chapter 12: Social Psychology SEE ATTACHED FILE