CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Social Proof, Physical Attractiveness, Social Influence

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Martha Tompson

Document Summary

Social psychology - studies how people think, feel, and behave in social situations. Social cognition- study of mental processes that people use to make sense of the social world. Social influence- study of the effect that situational factors and other people have on an individual"s behaviors/thinking. An active process; not passively perceiving others. A subjective process we all do it in our own way; we look for different things than other people do. An interpersonal process giving people info while they give you info. Individual"s characteristics, your characteristics, and situational characteristics (people behave differently in different types of situations) influence how you perceive others. Your goals are going to determine the amount and kind of information you collect about others. We evaluate people against social norms (our expectations on how. Self-perception also influences how you perceive others people are going to behave in certain situations) First thing we do when we judge others: social categorization.