PSY B110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Prosocial Behavior, Social Learning Theory, Ingroups And Outgroups
31 Dec 2016
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Social situations: the actual, imagined, or implied presences of others. Social psychology: uses the scientific method to describe, explain, and predict how we perceive and affect one another. Social influence: how to get others to think or behave in certain ways. Social cognition: ho(cid:449) to (cid:373)ake se(cid:374)se of their o(cid:449)(cid:374) a(cid:374)d others" (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. Social relations: how to get along with other people. Collective: three or more people engaged in common activities but having minimal direct interaction. Group: three or more interacting persons who share common goals, have a stable relationship, are somewhat interdependent, and perceive that they are part of something larger than themselves. Social facilitation: the presence of others only sometimes enhanced performance. Social inhibition: the presence of others actually hindered performance. Group: groupthink: faulty decision-making that involves the overestimation of the group"s (cid:272)apa(cid:271)ilities, pressure toward reaching consensus, and being closed off to alternative courses of action.
