PSY 105 Study Guide - Cognitive Dissonance, Tasiilaq, Corn Flakes
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Social psychology thoughts, feelings, behaviour are influenced by others can be present or can be implied by their presence: ex: i don"t want to go to the party. Stanley milgrim: he does not think situation reflects our behaviour but it matters. Individualism and collectivism not until 1944 when a paper on culture psychology was published: markus and kitayama realized north american study does not apply to everyone in the world. Individualist culture: ex: i am a dancer put individuals needs in front of others, north american culture. Collectivist cultures group harmony is thought of more highly than individual needs and desires: asia"s culture. Self and self-identity how much of sense of self changes when you move from one situation to next on average a person in us says 5-10% changes in situation. In asia, an average person says 90-99% of their sense of self changes from situations.