Problem
• Where do theories come from and social psychology, and how do social psychologist refine them?
• Describe three different ways. That experimental social psychologist can enhance the external validity of their experiments.
• Explain why it is only through experimentation that any researcher can determine causation as opposed to other research methods.
• Control processes, such as counterfactual thinking can have their benefits and drawbacks. First discuss what is meant by the term "counterfactual thinking", then explain how this phenomenon can be beneficial and how it can be detrimental.