SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 22 - Labeling theory, Differential association, Egotism

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

Document Summary

Make-up of the exam: 100 multiple choice questions, some application questions. What we have covered: readings: chapters 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14(focus on groupthink), 16, topics, attitudes, social influence and persuasion, altruism and aggression, groups, deviant behaviours. Instrumental conditioning: what are attitudes, components of attitudes, explicit/implicit attitudes, affect and cognition based attitudes, classical conditioning, observational learning, functions of attitudes, structure of attitudes, cognitive consistency, balance theory, cognitive dissonance, do attitudes affect behaviours, lapiere"s study. Social influence and persuasion: what is social influence, what is persuasion, communication-persuasion paradigm, compliance with threats/promises, obedience, milgra(cid:373)"s study, resistance to persuasion and influence. Altruism and prosocial behaviour: what is altruism, what is prosocial behaviour, explanations for why we help others, egoism, altruism and empathetic concern, evolutionary perspectives, factors that impact whether we help, characteristics of the target, norms, bystander effect. Aggression: what is aggression, what motivates aggression.