01:830:321 Midterm: Review of Ch. 1 through 5 (from Exam 1)
30 Oct 2014
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Social psychology differs from these other disciplines in its level of analysis: the individual in the context of a social situation: sociology is concerned with social class, social structure, and social institutions. The name of the game whether it was called the wall street game or the community game did, however, make a tremendous difference (see figure 1. 1 on pg. Gestalt principles from the study of the perception of objects to social perception. Most people have a strong need to maintain high self- esteem. This need can clash with the need for accuracy, leading people to distort their perceptions of the world: justifying past behavior--in order to preserve self-esteem, people may distort their perceptions of reality. Chapter prologue: question of whether pornography has harmful effects on viewers as introduction into research methods, introduction of other running example of kitty genovese and bystander intervention.
