PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Kurt Lewin, Experimental Psychology
11 Sep 2012
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Lecture 1 (09/10/12: theoretical history , william james. Philosopher of the mind (create theories about how our mind works) Started to incorporate and move towards more scientific approaches: 1st experimental psychology lab in north america was at u of t, wundt was the one who used experimental psychology, triplett (1898) Social facilitation: performance affected by the presence of others (eg. cycling) Government became interested in social psychology, especially persuasion and propaganda. Key social psychologists were funded to study effective war bond. Milgram"s obedience to authority : cultural events. Murder of kitty genovese (march 13th, 1964) with at least 39 witnesses. Jonestown mass suicide (jim jones" people"s temple), nov 18th, 1978, 907 people poisoned themselves: social psychological toolkit. Self-report/surveys: obtained by pencil-and-paper, computer survey, and interview. Reaction time tasks: obtained by computers, stop watched and video/audio. Nonverbal/verbal behaviour: obtained by video camera, audio recording, and close observation. Neuroscience: obtained by fmri, brain-damaged patients, and eeg.
