Review of Doing Social Psychology: Laboratory and Field Exercises.

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-297
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Psychology Laboratory

An Exit Survey Project for a Social Psychology Laboratory

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Sattler ◽  
Sudie Back ◽  
Harriet Pollitt
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Psychology Laboratory ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Exit Survey ◽  
Psychology Majors ◽  
Psychology Course

A Laboratory in Social Psychology course project allowed students to design and conduct an exit survey of graduating psychology majors. During the 6-week project, survey research issues were illustrated by active-learning activities. Nine months later, students indicated that the exercise enhanced their critical-thinking skills, understanding of survey research, and interest in and enthusiasm for research. Another benefit was that the student exit survey assisted the faculty in generating questions for a departmental exit survey.

A Scheme and Variations for Studies of Social Influence in an Experimental Social Psychology Laboratory

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Lutsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Psychology Laboratory ◽  
Survey Question ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Influence Effect ◽  
Undergraduate Laboratory ◽  
Experimental Subjects

This article describes a research paradigm for use in undergraduate laboratory experiments on social influence. The method is adapted from White (1975), who compared the responses of control subjects on a survey question to those of experimental subjects who were first exposed to the contrived responses of others to the same question. I review how students in an undergraduate social psychology laboratory use this method, demonstrate the reliability of the influence effect obtained, and discuss the educational value of this research paradigm.

scholarly journals a Priori and Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Social Acceptability of Innovative Robot-Assisted Gait Training by Users

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle veronique bonan ◽  
Pauline Coignard ◽  
Jean luc Le Guiet ◽  
Ophelie Bigot ◽  
Katell Denis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Physical Therapist ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Gait Training ◽  
Social Acceptability ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Psychology Laboratory ◽  
The Social

Abstract Background An innovative mobile and modular robot for gait rehabilitation was tested according to a psychosocial intervention framework, involving users, neuroscientists, engineers, and a social psychology laboratory. The study included a pre-design phase allowing the definition of the robot specifications. Our main objective was to study the social acceptability of the robot prototype among users and determine the relevance of the technological options chosen and the possible obstacles to the dissemination of the robot in light of the users' perceptions and experience with the robot. Methods The a priori acceptability of the robot by patients with a neurological impairment that altered their gait capacity and physical therapist (PT), both naïve to the robot, was evaluated just before its implementation in 2 rehabilitation departments and then that after 7 days (D7), and 28 days (D28), and 5 months (M5, only for the PT). The evaluation was conducted using questionnaires with Likert scale (maximum 7), according to the UTAUT (unified theory of acceptance and usage of technology) model, developed by the social psychology laboratory. Each patient participated in three 45-minute rehabilitation sessions with the robot per week for four weeks, for a total of 12 sessions, conducted by the 4 PT included. The change in the responses to the questionnaires as a function of time and the influence of the degree of gait recovery of the patients were analyzed, as well as the evolution of balance and gait parameters. Results 36 patients, mean age 58 years (SD10) and 4 PT were included. The robot was well accepted. It appeared to be useful, usable, and socially acceptable by both patients and PT and the intention to use was rated repeatedly ≥ 5. The rehabilitation activities met the functional expectations defined during the pre-design phase. In addition, a significant improvement in balance and gait was observed. Conclusion The acceptability of the robot was good for both patients and PT. Inclusion of a pre-design phase probably reduced the resistance to change often observed in healthcare organizations. The results concerning balance and gait are encouraging. They must be confirmed by a randomized controlled trial.

Special Issue on “New Media and Social Psychology”

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-57
Author(s):  
Bernad Batinic ◽  
Anja Goeritz
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
New Media ◽  
Special Issue

Small Group Research in Europe

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Gil Rodríguez ◽  
Carlos María Alcover de la Hera
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Work Teams ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Spanish History ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Group Research ◽  
Important Field ◽  
Scientific Results

After a long period of scarce resources and a long delay in new scientific results suffered as a consequence of recent Spanish history, research concerning groups has experienced a rapid development over the last 15 years of the 20th century—the result of the late but then clear institutionalization of psychology into university structure. Although most research has been carried out at the very heart of social psychology and along the traditional lines of the field, a significant growth in the study of groups and work teams in organizational contexts can now be highlighted, coinciding with the tendency detected internationally during the last years. Beyond the normalization of group research in Spain, it is necessary to point out its excessive dependency in both theory and methodology on models and tools elaborated throughout North America and Europe. The present review closes with the proposal of creating a European formative curriculum for group psychologists in order to unify and promote research within this active and important field of psychology.

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