PSY 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pluralistic Ignorance, Social Loafing, Impression Management
26 Mar 2017
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Social psychology: study of how people influence others" behaviour, beliefs, and attitudes: helps understand why we help others and why we act out, we believe that others are vulnerable to social influence but not ourselves. 150 (magic number) approx. size of most human social groups. We have a biologically based need for interpersonal connections. Social isolation can lead to destructive ways and impair mental functioning. Social comparison theory: evaluate abilities and beliefs by comparing them with others: helps understand ourselves and our social world, upward social comparison. If he can do it, i can do it : downward social comparison. Makes us feel like the superior people. Mass hysteria: outbreak of irrational behaviour: may lead to collective delusions. Become convinced that bizarre things that are false are actually true. Social facilitation: enhancement of performance brought about by the presence of others: social disruption. Worsening performance in the presence of others. Attribution: assigning causes to behaviour: internal and external.
