k - Mindmap in All Levels Anthropology

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The Social Approach
- definition and key terms
  - the social approach is about people, how they live together comfortably, and when they do not, social structures. who obeys, who gives orders
- methodology
  - validity - measuring what you claim to measure
  - reliability- if repeated would you get the same results?
  - Generalisability- does it measure what its supposed to be measuring?
  - objectivity/ subjectivity - subjective is bias, objective is not bias
  - credilbility - are the findings accepted
  - Aim, hypothesis, operationalising, IV, DV, conditions, control
  - RESEARCH METHODS
    - sitiuational variables- envronment variables which could affect a study.
    - participant variables - e.g hunger, tiredness etc
    - Demand characterisitcs
    - Social desireability
    - sampling methods;random, stratified,volunteer/ opportunity.
- content
  - Milgrams obedience study
    - Obedience means to obey a direct order from an authority figure.
    - AIM: to test the effect an authority figure has on obedience levels
- studies
- key issue
Ethical guidelines
- informed consent
- deception
- right to withdraw
- debriefing
- competence
research methods
- Interviews
  - Structured, semistructured, unstructured
- Questionairres
  - Closed/open questions

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