PSYC 288 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Social Influence, Psych
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Social psych: scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. Social influence : the influence of the situation or other people: best thing (memory) = involves other people, worst thing (memory) = involves other people. Stabbed on way home, called and called for help! 38 people heard her cries but no one came to help her. 2 nyu researchers (latane and darley) conducted a study on the kitty case. Ex: neighbor response: it was dark and scary out there what if they hurt me too several people on phone calls with each other. Once caller has a health problem and other callers can hear the situation. It is a problem, but someone else will do something about it. Tendency to overestimate how much people"s behavior is due to internal dispositional factors and underestimate the role of situational factors.
