PSYC 2510 Lecture Notes - Pluralistic Ignorance, Stanford Prison Experiment, Murder Of Kitty Genovese

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Social psychology: how a person"s group, situation, or relationships influence their thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. Note: final exam tentative date: tuesday april 16, 6-8:30 yh a100 & yh 204. 30 palestinian suicide bombers kill 25 innocent israeli bystanders. Median age of the bombers was 22. Japanese kamikazes (special attack forces of the wind of the gods) responsible for 738 deaths & Waiting list of male volunteers; most in late teens or early twenties. One level of explanation can come from social psychology how a person"s situation, group, or relationship influence their thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Norms: social rules regulating behaviour, explicit: laws. Culture: learned values, beliefs and attitudes shared by most members of a community, micro (eg. prison) or macro (eg, micro (eg. prison) or macro (eg. canadian, culture evolves. Role: given social position governed by a set of norms. Conformity making behaviour consistent with behaviour of others. Sherif (1935) norm development & autokinetic effect.

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