SOP 3004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Laboratory Life, Peer Pressure, Random Assignment
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Topics form the myers & twenge text chapters. A science that studies the influences of our situations with special attention to how we view and affect one another. Focuses more on individuals and more on how people view and affect another. Studies our thinking, influences, relationships, attitudes and beliefs, conformity and independence, love and hate. What are social psychology"s big ideas: we construct our social reality. Explain people"s behavior with enough speed and accuracy to suit our daily needs. When someone"s behavior is consistent and distinctive we attribute that behavior to his or her personality. Ex: if you observe someone who makes repeated snide comments, you may infer that this person has a nasty disposition and then you might avoid the person: our social intuitions are often powerful but sometimes perilous. Our instant intuition shape fears, impressions, and relationships. Thinking occurs offstage and out of sight. Think on two levels (intuitive- system 1 and deliberate-system.
