PSYCH 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kurt Lewin, Construals, Psych
21 Jan 2016
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Social psychologists consider the influence of the individuals situation. Often influenced in the nature of the situation to do the wrong thing. Definition of social psychology= scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. 6 in total= you + victim + 4 others > 31% 3 in total = you + victim + 1 other > 62% 2 in total = you + victim > 85% Under certain circumstances, the helping behavior goes away due to social influences and people. Lectures 1 + 2 - 1/12/16 & 1/14/16. Document the behaviors that follow from these objective properties. Behaviorism: a school of psychology maintaining that to understand human behavior, one needs to consider only reinforcing effects of environment. Chooses not to deal with cognition, thinking, and feeling. Reward for shopping there or punishment for not shopping there.
