PSY220H1 Study Guide - Floodgate, Social Influence, Superficiality
18 Oct 2013
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Social psychology is the scientific study of the ways in which a person"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by real, imagined or implied presence of others. Was norman triplett"s paper in 1898 the first social psychology paper ever written: children reeling in fishing line as fast as they could in the presence or absence of spectators. They did better when there were spectators present: norman triplett"s paper contradicts other papers indicating the opposite effect taking place. Social psychologists must focus on thoughts and feelings of people even though they cannot be directly observed: world war ii had a big impact on the study of social psychology. Study of influence, prejudice, persuasion, obedience, etc. Wwii opened up a floodgate of questions under the realm of social psychology and more funding became available. There are many subcategories within social psychology: stereotypes, prejudice, attitudes, leadership, aggression, etc. Two fundamental axioms of social psychology: people construct their own reality.
