PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Experimental Psychology, Kurt Lewin, Murder Of Kitty Genovese
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Gordan allport- key historical figure in social psychology (provided the def"n of social psych. ) Social psychology- uses scientific methods to understand and explain how the thought, feeling and behaviour(abcs of social psych) of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presences of others. Capuchin monkey experiments (monkey that likes cucumbers but loves grapes) Equity test- trained monkeys to trade tokens for cucumbers. Experimenter would give 1 token to the monkey. If they give it back experimenter will reward the monkey with a cucumber. Inequity test- same test but with two monkeys. However, one gets a grape for the token and the other one gets a cucumber. This type of behaviour is common among all social animals. Mimicry- adaptive behaviour to mimic other people (smiling/ fear) William james began in the subfield of philosophy (beginning of psychology) mostly theory at that time, he came up with many theories but other people actually tested them.
