PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Social Neuroscience, Stanley Milgram, Social Cognition
30 Jun 2014
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Social psychology: the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context. Focus on the individual as well as broad perspective on a variety of social contexts & behaviours. The socialness of social psychology varies nonsocial factors & nonsocial thoughts are studied as well. Applies the scientific method to the study of the human condition. Emphasis on the social nature of individuals: sociology tends to focus on the group level main difference. Common sense myth: despite offering compelling predictions and explanations, common sense is sometimes wildly inaccurate. Social loss, such as romantic breakup, may be experienced as physical pain (kross, People who have experience with other cultures demonstrate more creative tendencies (maddux & galinsky, 2009) Having close friends is associated with health benefits (bukowski, et al. ) Determining whether heat causes an increase in aggression or whether steve. Nash causes an increase in the sale of nike shoes are social psychological pursuits.
