PSYC 213 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Memory, Interaction, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
12 Oct 2018
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PSYC 213
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
PSYC 215
Social Psychology
Lecture 1: Introduction to Social Psychology (Chapter 1)
Professor: Michael Sullivan
e-Textbook: Social Psychology, 6th Canadian Edition (Aronson, Wilson, Fehr,
Akert)
Evaluation:
• Midterm (25%): 1st March; during class time; 50 multiple choice
questions
• Assignments (15%): online Textbook
• Final Exam (60%): during final exam period; 100 multiple choice
questions
Chapter Outline:
• What is Social Psychology?
• The Power of Situation
• Where Construals come from: Basic Human Motives
• Social Psychology and Social Problems
➢ Social Psychology is the science of understanding how our social
environment influences the way we operate/function in our day to day lives,
i.e. how it influences our thinking, our behaviour, our feelings, etc.
➢ Self Concept
• One’s own idea of who they are, i.e. one’s personality, positive aspects,
social world, religion, likes/dislikes, etc
• Contents of self-concept have a really big impact in a lot of areas of
one’s life since it acts as the basis of self identity
• Is it accurate?
▪ Not always; can have biases
▪ How you want others to see you may not be the same as how
you see yourself.
▪ Other people play a major role in how our self-concept is
formed.
• How does it develop?
▪ Not born with it; develops with life experience and thus can
change overtime.
➢ Impressions of Others
• How do we form impressions of others?
▪ Takes place in a matter of seconds; we form impressions very
rapidly with very little information.
▪ The mind makes inferences and multiple pieces of information
are collectively used to form an impression.
• Are our impressions accurate?
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▪ More often than not they are not accurate since they form so
quickly.
▪ Our mind makes inferences based on a single instance and that
specific instance may not be an accurate representation of
someone’s personality as a whole.
• How do we manage inconsistent information?
▪ Different people with the same information will have different
impressions
➢ Other’s Impression of Us
• It is the sense of how our behaviour is used as a basis for others to
form impressions of us.
• How do we try to manage others’ impressions of us?
▪ Sometimes we like to manage the information provided in
order to minimize the probability of a negative impression
forming.
▪ For example if someone finds out that you have failed a course,
in order to prevent them from thinking you are an idiot you
may try to provide additional information in order to
manipulate their impression of you. I was really ill before the
exam and hence could not study
➢ Mating
• Things that make it more likely to form a relationship
▪ Having things in common
▪ Fluidity in conversations
▪ Make us feel good about ourselves
➢ Attraction
• Some people are going to catch your eye more than others; almost like
a magnetic pull
• It mostly lies in the eye of the beholder; two people may not find the
same person attractive
• Plays a big role in certain contexts
➢ Relationship Transgressions
• When people in a relationship violate implicit or explicit relationship
rules (eg: cheating)
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Document Summary
Lecture 1: introduction to social psychology (chapter 1) Professor: michael sullivan e-textbook: social psychology, 6th canadian edition (aronson, wilson, fehr, Evaluation: midterm (25%): 1st march; during class time; 50 multiple choice questions, assignments (15%): online textbook, final exam (60%): during final exam period; 100 multiple choice questions. Chapter outline: what is social psychology, the power of situation, where construals come from: basic human motives, social psychology and social problems. Social psychology is the science of understanding how our social environment influences the way we operate/function in our day to day lives, i. e. how it influences our thinking, our behaviour, our feelings, etc. Mating: things that make it more likely to form a relationship, having things in common, fluidity in conversations, make us feel good about ourselves. Attraction: some people are going to catch your eye more than others; almost like a magnetic pull.
