PSYC 215 Lecture : SP.pdf
22 Apr 2013
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Chapter one: the mission and the method. Social psychology is the scientific study of how people affect and are affected by other individuals. Triplett"s winding study showed that winding time was faster when children worked side by side as opposed to working alone. These two studies show opposing views; social psychology is complicated. 1908 marks the first social psychology textbooks (ross/mcdougall) We must know something about the person and about the situation. Shortly after hitler, milgram did his shock obedience study". Authority won more often than not. Freudian psychoanalysis: theoretical approach that seeks to explain behavior by looking at the deep unconscious forces inside that person. 1970s (scientists found approaches to measure behavior) 1980s (social cognition and how people think in general) Prior to the 1970s people had little to no concept of self- esteem or cared about it. Abc triad: affect (how people feel inside), behavior (what people do), cognition (what people think about)
