Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Dissonance, Peer Pressure, Balance Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Cultural context: ethan watters in his book crazy like us : globalization = unidirectional = transmitting american culture to other countries. Sociologists and psychologists are often interested in the same phenomenon. And social psychologists are interested in the individual phenomenon. Zeitgeist theory: leaders emerges because of the spirit of the time, time and circumstance. Star setup: morale not high because people are secondary to boss. Com-com setup: (completely connected) every person is connected to each other; tend to be happier because everyone has equal importance. Work is not as efficient as star setup. Foot in the door technique: start with a small request and work up to a major one. Door in the face technique: approach charities usually take. Agency: if one can convince themselves that he is an agent of an authority, in obedience they might do horrible things. Altruism: helping behaviour: the willingness to take selfless or dangerous action on behalf of others.