SOCPSY 1Z03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Steven Pinker, Gustave Le Bon, Relative Deprivation

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

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Social psychology 1z03 - exam review study guide. Focused on second half of course, but you should also know emphasized frameworks, theories, concepts from entire course. We tend to downplay the importance of social factors in explaining human behaviour. Science is used as means to overcome cognitive biases that obstruct our understanding of the social world. Socialization and the development of the self. Define and provide an example of cognitive dissonance. Then describe the four strategies outlined in lecture that could be used to resolve this dissonance. 2 a: cognitive dissonance is a state of psychological tension induced by dissonant relationships between cognitive elements, such as attitudes and perceptions about behaviours. 2 one example of cognitive dissonance is when a person who is normally against smoking decides to smoke at a party in order to fit in with their friends. There is dissonance between their negative attitude toward smoking and their behaviour.