Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Random Assignment, Carbon Footprint, Social Loafing
17 Oct 2012
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The scientific study of how individuals" thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by other people: focus on individual and how they view the world, thoughts (cognitive), feelings (emotion), behaviours -> triad. We are by all odds the most persistently and obsessively social of all species, more dependent on each other than the famous social insects, and really, when you look at us, infinitely more imaginative and deft at social living. Why did you buy that i-pod even though it turned out to cost more than you expected: the low-ball technique. Advertised lower to get you to buy. Why is there always someone in a group project who doesn"t pull his/her weight: social loafing. Because they can get away with it. Why do you keep making the same new year"s resolution year after year: the false hope syndrome. Human"s don"t learn well from prior failures to achieve a goal. We are too hopeful that we will succeed in our goals.
