PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Kurt Lewin, Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo
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Social psychology scientific study of feelings, thoughts and behaviours of individuals in social situations. 24 standofrd university undergrad men chosen for good character and mental health to participate in study of simulated prison. Flipped coin to see who would be a gaurd and prisoner . Study was terminated after 6 days bc behaviour of guards produced extreme stress to prisoners. Social psychologists study how to reduce stereotyping and prejudice. Personality psychology emphasizes individual differences in behaviour rather than the social situation. Pers. psychologists find a consistent pattern in the way a person behaves across situations. Social psych is related to cognitive psych > the study of how ppl perceive, think about, and remember aspects of the world. Cognitive psych study categorization process or memory for words or objects. Sociology is the study of behaviour of people as a group. Study changes in the demographic characteristics of populations, mass movements, instutions, age, gender, ses.
