PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Groupthink, Social Forces, Summer Camp
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Social psychology: seeks to understand, explain, and predict how people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. It is not so much the kind of person a man is, as the kind of situation in which he finds himself that determines how he will act. Social cognition: how people perceive, interpret, and categorize their own and others" social behavior. Attitudes: relatively stable and enduring evaluations of things and people. Affective component how we feel toward the object; e. g. , i"m scared of snakes. Behavioural component how we behave toward the object; (i will avoid snakes and scream if i see 1) The cognitive component what we believe about the object; e. g. , i believe snakes are dangerous. Research suggests that people"s attitudes don"t always determine their behaviour. When a young chinese couple showed up at hotel, only 1 owner refused them a room.
