PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Cognitive Psychology, Sclera, Social Cognition

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 213
• Professor: Jelena Ristic

Document Summary

Unifies biological study of behaviour and social phenomena. Social psychology deals with things that are less tangible than cognitive psychology. Applies multiple level approach - biological, cognitive, and social levels. Applies neuroimaging methods to understand social processes. E. g. influence of social status on social behaviour - a study that has been widely covered. Monkey "pay per view" - monkeys value an opportunity to acquire different classes of social visual images differently. These monkeys have a very strict social status colonies. Follow up study - wanted to see if something similar could be tested with humans. Familiarity was a confined, but can"t test with unfamiliar faces because that makes it hard to recognize the person"s status. Suggestion - tasting people in the military; don"t have to be familiar with the person because status is recognized from uniform. Sex difference - female students tended to follow the gaze of male professors. Understanding mental states of others (theory of mind)