PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sleep Deprivation, Confabulation, Stationary Point
3 Nov 2017
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Describe some of the largest ethical issues in social psychology: the use of deception in research. Provide examples of descriptive vs. prescriptive social norms: descriptive social norms: what people actually think feel or do, your perception of the behavior of the people around you, ex. You"re watching a concert and as the musicians stop playing, everyone else stands up and starts clapping. You most likely will stand up and begin clapping too. Injunctive or prescriptive social norms: what people should think, feel or do but may or may not describe what people do: ex. Explain the various reasons why social influence occurs and relate these to the major motivational principles discussed last week. Psy220: people tend to conform to norms for two reasons: Informational and normative influence fulfill our motives for mastery and. Connectedness: groupthink, referring to a faulty decision making process when the group is so focus on making consensus, ex.
