PSY100H1 Lecture : PSY100 - Social Psych
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compare others to self, self being normal (others who are more ___ than, less ___ than categorize) na ve realism: tend to see reality through our own lens; general assumption (usually left implicit and unexamined) that we see reality accurately and we are normal. Therefore use our understanding ourselves as basis to judge other; similar = nice, differ = weird. Ingroup favoritism outgroup derogation: extend self-serving biases to whatever we identify with, like in-groups, we are better than they. prefer us vs them; subtle and automatic. eg minimal group paradigm (blue dot group and green dot group) www. notesolution. com: comforting,; see atrocities and horrible acts by others, assume they"re not like us, belonging, pro-group biases (integration) vs individualism, power, outgroup derogation (differentiation) key part of self-other regulation happens via others" influence over our perceptions, beliefs . If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you: power of social influence; important.
