PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Social Capital, Airport Security, In-Group Favoritism
5 Dec 2017
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Chapter 13 - social psychology: how others affect us. > bigger social networks correlated with higher self-esteem, self-reported happiness. > greater social connection correlated with better physical health and longevity. > desire to start and maintain rewarding relationships. > bibb and latane: rats and social contact study social thermometer or. 1 lasted 20 mins, 3 lasted 2 days, only 1 made it to 8 days. > human regulate their personal needs for affiliation. Told based on personality test that they were likely to end up alone later in life . Engage in self-defeating behavior such as underperforming academically. Exhibit lowered self-control by eating a fattening snack. Social perception: how we come to form impressions of others. Explanations we come up with to understand why an event, behavior, occurred. When someone commits a crime we ask why. When someone cheats on their spouse we ask why. When someone is rude to us in the hall we ask why.
