Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 61: Symbolic Interactionism, Premotor Cortex, Pacifier

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

How imitation, roles, reference groups, and culture are all parts of social influence. Looks at individual thoughts, actions and feelings are influenced by social groups. Imitation a type of individual social influence, one of most basic forms of social behavior. Begins with understanding there"s difference between others and our self: andrew meltzoff (1977) published study that questioned theory that understanding between self and others happens soon after birth. In his experiment he suggested that babies are born with a built-in capacity to imitate others: in his experiment: A baby 12-21 days old, baby copies sticking tongue out. Picture you opening mouth, baby should also open mouth. Had to ensure it wasn"t a reflex or conditioning either. When baby had pacified in mouth, and experimental stuck out tongue, baby imitated them after the pacifier was taken out. Condition: experiments facial expressions had to be blank during this experiment. Suggests we are born with built-in capacity to imitate others.