PS102 Lecture Notes - Solomon Asch, Fundamental Attribution Error, Social Influence
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How actual, imagined or implied presence of others influences our feelings, thoughts and behaviors. Being in a social world impacts our thinking. What we use to interpret and understand social events. Differs from other cognitive acts because of the social content. We use language to communicate feelings and social information to others. Some say our notion of what is real --- physical reality--- is a construction of social knowledge. Agree on first 2 lines--- then disagree on 11 out of 15 thereafter. 5% conform all the time, 70% some of the time, 25% never. Uncomfortable when we have an understanding but social world contradicts out understanding. Easier to conform in ambiguous situations--- social comparison ( Attitudes = social views/ beliefs + emotion. Peripheral route to persuasion distracted, inattention, or unimportant issue- Explanations about what causes our own and other people"s behaviour and outcomes. People"s behaviour is caused by their personal characteristics.