Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Aversion Therapy, Personality Disorder, Learned Helplessness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terrence Biggs

Document Summary

*note: information summarized fro(cid:373) professor bigg"s po(cid:449)erpoi(cid:374)t slides. Social facilitation theory (zajonc, 1965) task difficulty in a social context. In front of others, people perform better on simple tasks, but worse on complex tasks. Social norms: shared experiences about how people should think, feel, and behave. Social roles: a set of norms for how a person in a social position ought to behave. Informational social influence: conform because belief that others are right. Normative social influence: conform to be accepted by others. Social learning model i(cid:373)itatio(cid:374) of (cid:862)se(cid:454)-appropriate(cid:863) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour: eg. imitating parent of the same sex, behaviour can be enhanced by positive reinforcement / diminished by disapproval, argues morality is acquired in this way (as opposed to cognitive approach) Erikso(cid:374)s"s theor(cid:455) of perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) social interactions expected at each stage. As(cid:272)h"s co(cid:374)for(cid:373)it(cid:455) stud(cid:455) (1951) group size and presence of a dissenter affect conformity. Milgra(cid:373)"s o(cid:271)edie(cid:374)(cid:272)e e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: factors affecting obedience: remoteness of victim, closeness of authority figure, diffusion of responsibility (obedience increases)