PSYCO104 Lecture : Psychology 104 Lecture January 13.docx

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Gail Moroschan

Document Summary

The development of social psychology: social psychology = a subfield of psychology that studies the causes and consequences of interpersonal behavior, the goal of social psychology is to understand the brain as a social organ, the mind as a social adaptation and the individual as a social creature i. e. : cyclists tend to ride faster when they are with other cyclists but seem to ride slower on their own not as much pressure, experiment conducted with children fishing children reeled in their fishing rod faster when they were with other kids than when they were alone, suggests the presence of other people can cause the individual to be more competitive, instigating faster, more aggressive actions.