SOCPSY 1Z03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stanford Prison Experiment, Symbolic Interactionism, Balance Theory

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Paul Galvin

Document Summary

Role theory: individuals have roles they are expected to carry out. Reinforcement theory: people are more likely to perform a behaviour if it is followed by something pleasurable (reward system) Conditioning: relationship established between producing a response and receiving a reinforcement. Stimulus: any event that leads to a change in behaviour. Cognitive theory: mental activities are important determinants of social behaviour. Symbolic interaction theory: human nature and social order to productive of symbolic communication among people. Taking on more roles, imaginatively occupying position of another person (role play) Social perception: constructing an idea understanding of the social world from the data we get through our senses (the way we perceive things socially) The p(cid:396)o(cid:272)esses (cid:271)y (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:449)e fo(cid:396)(cid:373) i(cid:373)p(cid:396)essio(cid:374)s of othe(cid:396) people(cid:859)s t(cid:396)aits a(cid:374)d pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alities. Biases: stereotypes, influences from others, schemas and prototypes. People will almost always obey a figure of authority. People are more likely to follow the crowd.