Social Psychology and Multicultural Psychology
Robert M. Kennedy Jr.
PSYCH/620
December 15, 2014
Dr. Alicia D. Akins
Social Psychology and Multicultural Psychology

The grounds of social awareness, influence, and communication is viewed as Social psychology. A viewpoint that displays appreciation on the cultural multiplicity in the community and also pushes the people to attain knowledge from the influences of the diverse cultural experiences is multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is the study on the behavior of where people from different cultural backgrounds come across each other. Multiculturalism has an association with Social psychology, but these two can be split into two separate fields.
Social psychology is mainly about people influencing other people. Social psychology is a methodical attempt to make clarifications on how the feelings, opinions, and attitudes of a persons are affected or influenced by the abstract, real, or indirect existence of other persons (Fiske, 2010). People may modify their ideas or beliefs because they like to have the similar views with those people surrounding them. We tend to learn from influences from others through observations than we imitate them. Social influences does more than alter minor behaviors, it’s also able to influences common view with just one personal decision or belief by other people.
There are many different primary research strategies that are used in social psychology which are random sampling, descriptive research, experimental research, and correlational research. The reasoning for descriptive research is to define the features of the people and to aims to determine a certain variable at a period, identify the variable’s average level quantity that is provided in a particular population (Fiske, 2010). It provides the predicted value of a specific value in an indicated population.
Random sampling is when all persons have the same opportunity to be selected. A real random sample demands that each population member has the same chance as a sample (Fiske, 2010). The good thing about random sample is its efficacy and reliability because it attempts to predict the whole population (Fiske, 2010). Conducting a medical study to the persons having heart problems is an example of random sampling when the persons involved in the sample are those who older in age and were randomly selected.
Correlational research shows the indirect difference lurking after descriptive research and it identifies the variable that is compared to another one (Fiske, 2010). It determines the variable’s changes in connection with the one it is compare to. Correlation has three types. Zero correlation is when a person can differentiate the value of one of the variables but not on the other. The positive correlation is when the two variables both decline or escalate together but if one variable is larger compared to the other then it is a negative correlation. Studying the relationship or correlation between the liver failure and drinking is an example of correlational research. As one drink, there is a greater chance for that person to be diagnosed with liver failure. Experimental research is a study with both dependent variable and independent variable. Independent variable can be influenced by the one conducting the study. For an example, some partakers may take a particular level and the others may take a different level. To be exact more, an instance, which has been stated in the analysis, is the watching of a fierce or nonaggressive movie. The movies can be altered and supervised. Dependent variable is one that is assessed by the one conducting the experiment and it hinges on to