PSYC1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Motivation, Social Rejection, Ostracism
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Identity changes as a function of social situations you are in. Introspection about who u r is often inaccurate. Desire to t in and the changing self - allows to adapt to different situations. Being a member of a group feels good. Conformity - change in ones behaviour due to the real or imagined in uence of other people. Informational social in uence - conform bc of valuable information from the group. Auto kinetic effect (lazer pointer study - sherif. Avoidance of social rejection bc group membership is important to us. Group size (boundary effect), unanimity, public responses vs private. Not via normative in uence but informational may end to private acceptance eg. climate change warnings. Attitudes can come before or after behaviour. In ambiguous situations look to behaviour of others. Then explain it - attributions made (eg. i voted for them because of this, make up answers after even though at the time it was just arbitrary).
