PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kurt Lewin, Nazi Propaganda, Clinical Psychology
18 Dec 2016
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Social psychology: the scientific study of the effects of social and cognitive processes on the way individuals perceive, influence and relate to others. Social psychologists study experiments and peoples response to social aspects. (people expectations influence us even when we are completely alone) The refugee crisis can be viewed in terms of: Sociological perspective: study of social influence on a group level (macro-level) Clinical psychology perspective: deviants from the norm at an individual level. Social psychology: social influence on the individual and non-deviant (normal) level/ decision- making/ consequences of identifying as a refugee/ prejudices and stereotypes by others/ Propaganda and how it effects all of the above. Social influence: the influence that people have upon the beliefs, feelings and behaviour of others is pervasive (pervasive influence can be active or passive) Even the food in our fridge and our cereal preferences are affected by social influences (geographical location, advertising, parents preferences)
