PSYC 2040 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Social Perception, Autobiographical Memory, Psychophysiology
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Social psychology: how individuals think and feel about, interact with, and influence each other, individually and in groups; focuses on individual within given social situation. Sociology: large group behavior and systems in society. Anthropology: physical and cultural development of species. History: how economic, political, and technological trends influence behavior. Individual characteristics + input from social situations social perception and cognition evaluation of situation intent to behave a certain way social behavior. Scientific method: process of gaining empirical support for explanation of phenomena. Self: cognitive evaluation and emotional guide; surreal state of consciousness. Perception of self is normal state of consciousness. Deindividualation: lose sense of self; mob behavior. Public self: how we think others see us. Collective self: how we think important people see us. How we see ourselves impacts our actual behavior. Spotlight effect: belief others are paying closer attention to us than they really are; makes people uncomfortable. Illusion of transparency: belief others can read our concealed emotions.
