PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Milgram Experiment, Social Loafing, Pluralistic Ignorance

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Oliver Michael Hardt

Document Summary

Similarities, we like people who are like us. People like you more than you think. Proximity, roommates, neighbors, same building, etc mirror exposure effect: exposure to something makes you like it more, getting exposure of something makes us like it more. Friends are important because they influence us a lot, everything affects everything. Social contagion studies: whatever your friends feel you are more likely to feel. How people mirror each other, mimic each other"s behavior shows likeability. Average person will return to be ok within approx. Passionate love: (cid:1688)honeymoon phase(cid:1689), emotional, intense, a lot of fantasy. Sexual and romantic fantasies: women holding hands. Hook ups: everyone thinks everyone wants that, but people want more than just a hookup. False consensus: everything thinks there is a consensus, but there isn"t. Marriage satisfaction: drops but goes back up. People do a lot of things for memories. Social facilitation: having a group improves performance in well-practiced task.