PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 18 Months, Program Evaluation, Deindividuation
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Health, individuals in situations, the self , aggression, self-esteem, conformity, online social networks, social perception, helping . Teach at universities (usually need a phd) Work as consultants: government agency, advertising, social media. Big debate about the extent that situational influences override individuals" traits. Attribution: a conclusion about the cause of an observed behavior/ event. Situational attribution: factors ouside the person doing the action. Dispositional attribution: the person"s stable, enduring traits, personality, ability, emotions. If you could be invisible for 24 hours what would you do: 36% selfish, 19% non-normative (for others) Arousal + decreases self-awareness = response to group norms and behaviors, abandon normal self-restraints and inhibition. Sunglasses group- more greedy and self interested behavior. No reliable differences, but some gendered group leads to less self awareness (all men or all women) George herbert mead (1913: emphasized society"s role. Self concept: summary of our ideas, feelings, and attitudes about our identity.
