SOCPSY 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sept, Social Forces

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 2YY3
• Professor: Kathleen Steeves

Document Summary

Intro to social structure and personality perspective sept 23,24. Social structures and personality perspective forefront"s the importance of social structures: kohn (article reading this week, not all our realities for kohn are interpersonal. Individuals are influenced by all sorts of realities. The social structure and personality perspective focus on the connections between larger societal conditions or structures and the individual - their personality or psychological aspects that influence their behavior/outcomes in society. Macro social phenomenon > influential mechanisms > individual beliefs and behaviours. Social structure: persisting patterns of behaviour and interaction between people or social conditions in a social system institutions: a system of behavioural and relationship patterns that are densely interwoven and enduring and function across an entire society . Personality: psychological attributes like values attitudes affect character or beliefs : multidimensional set of individual characteristics including self-esteem perceived control social attitudes.