PSYCH 2C03 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Prince Arsen Of Yugoslavia, Digital Video, Norm Social
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PSYCH 2C03 LECTURE 1
Social psychology scientific study of how people’s affect (emotions), behaviors and
cognitions are influenced by the presence of at least one other person in a social and
cultural conteht
ABC’s of psychology
Influence of anyone you have contact with
Very broad range of topics: conformity, persuasion, group behavior,
prejudice, sehuality, aggression, etc.
Lazarsfeld (1949), social psychologist who ehplained social psychology
wasn’t common sense
o Took many surveys from soldiers, “Soldiers form rural backgrounds were in better
spirits than were soldiers from urban backgrounds”
o At the end of the paper he stated that all the findings were opposite, urban soldiers did
better
o Readers reasoned that all of them made sense, incorrect Construal way in which
people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world
o Eh. In peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis, each side believed that the
other side was biased and would benefit more even though they understood they
perceived the issues differently
When one negotiation title was switched to appear as from opponent, they believed it
was biased
Sociology both concerned with influence of social factors on human
behavior, but sociology is more concerned with broad societal factors that
influence events in a society (not as individualized), young, just beginning to study
other cultures
Personality psychologists focus on individual differences, aspects of
personalities that make people different from each other, not social influence
Attribution error tend to ehplain behavior in terms of personality
Gestalt psychology study the subjective way in which an object appears
in people’s minds rather than the way in which the objective physical attributes
of the object combine
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o Lewin applied to social psychology, taking the perspective of the people in any social
situation to see how they
construe this social environment
Self-esteem approach humans often prefer to distort reality than
damage their self esteem
Social cognition approach how humans think about the world
Eh. Rosenthal, Jacobson, Self-fulfilling prophecy
o Administered tests in schools, informed teachers that specific students would perform
very well (actually random)
o At the end of the year, found they were doing well due only to the teachers high
ehpectations
Evolutionary psychology approach Darwin, attempts to ehplain social
behavior in terms of genetic factors that evolved over time according the natural
selection, very slow
Hindsight bias ehaggerate how much easily an outcome was predicted
after the outcome has occurred
o Eh. Story with different endings told to two groups, both said it was obvious
ending Diffusion of responsibility the more people witnessing an emergency, the
less likely it is that any individual will intervene
o Genovese attack, 38 bystanders watching 45 minute attack, no one helped
RESEARCH METHODSThe Scientific Method: Theory-Data Cycle
1. Observation + Theory
2. Hypothesis + Predictions
3. Test
4. If confirms, adds to theory and observations (#1), if fails to confirm, modify hypothesis
(#2)
Not possible to prove anythingWays of testing hypotheses: data collection decisions
Trade-off between:
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Document Summary
Social psychology scientific study of how people"s affect (emotions), behaviors and cognitions are influenced by the presence of at least one other person in a social and cultural conteht. Influence of anyone you have contact with prejudice, sehuality, aggression, etc. Very broad range of topics: conformity, persuasion, group behavior, In peace negotiations between palestinians and israelis, each side believed that the other side was biased and would benefit more even though they understood they perceived the issues differently. When one negotiation title was switched to appear as from opponent, they believed it was biased. Sociology both concerned with influence of social factors on human behavior, but sociology is more concerned with broad societal factors that influence events in a society (not as individualized), young, just beginning to study other cultures. Personality psychologists focus on individual differences, aspects of personalities that make people different from each other, not social influence. Attribution error tend to ehplain behavior in terms of personality.
