SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Herbert Blumer, Social Identity Theory, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Paul Galvin

Document Summary

Introduction to social psychology and examination of research in social psychology. There are 5 core concerns in social psychology (delamater et al,. Theory vs perspective: a theory is a set of interrelated propositions that organizes and explains a set of observed phenomena (delamater et al,. !2: establish a common ground to examine social phenomena, allow us to look objectively and see situations and events without judgement, provide a :frame of reference (look at it like a skeleton) Cognitive perspective:key concepts: psychological social psychologies tend to adopt cognitive perspectives. Cognitive perspectives: sub-theories: dual process theory of information processing, asserts that we process information in two ways: automatically and deliberately, automatic processing fast, relies on heuristics (cognitive shortcuts) Allows us to make rapid decisions regarding how to interact with people: deliberate processing slower, effortful. Occurs when 1) person is of relevance or 2) they are inconsistent with our heuristics.