PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Socioeconomics, Dependent And Independent Variables, Social Facilitation

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 210
• Professor: Rod Gillis

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* read lesko 44 the social readjustment scale holmes and rahe. * final exam will be on cumulative information (not cumulative articles) and the two new articles; will count 25% of course grade. Applied psychology: psychology of time (continued) The presence of others motivates us to perform our dominant behavior. The more people there are, the more arousal there is, the more heightened the action. Eating around lots of people faster eating; walking around lots of people faster walking: economics. Must go faster to make more money: cognitive factors. Impossible to interact with everyone in a big city, so people don"t bother walk quickly with head down. In a small town, people are not overloaded and therefore do not mind socializing: modeling. If other people move fast, you move fast. If other people move slow, you move slow. The culture we are raised in determines our perception of time. Collectivistic culture: moral emphasis on group.