PSYC 2310 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Collectivism, Social Psychology, Social Comparison Theory
12 Oct 2018
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PSYC 2310
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Lecture 1
Social Psychology
● No human can survive without other human beings.
● Social psych is the study of
○ Social thinking
○ Social influences
○ Social relatedness
● Scientific study of the way in which a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are
influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people
○ Humanities have a different understanding of other world because they don't use
empirical studies
○ Psychology = unit is the individual; sociology = unit is a member of a social class
○ Affect (attitude/attraction), Behaviour, Cognition (ABC approach of human)
○ Look at the effect of the presence of other on your behaviour whether it is real or
imagined
Science
● A set of value and methods to be considered a scientific field
● About how we go about to answer questions
● Empirical data
● Three values
○ Accuracy
○ Objectivity (there is no research that is fully objective)
○ Skepticism
● Scientific method is systematic observations, description, and measurement
History of Social Psych
● Developed at the end of 19th century
● Norman Triplett
○ One of the pioneers
○ Do cyclist cycle faster against the clock or against each other?
○ Takes into account of the presence of the others
○ Social facilitation
■ Facilitate a performance when the others present
■ Only happens when we are very well rehearsed
■ The presence of others could create anxiety
○ The answer to social psych question is not always yes or no, but it is “it depends”
● Floyd Allport
○ Wrote an important book on interaction of individuals in their social contexts
● WWII increased research in social psych
● Major contributions to social psych 1930-1960 (NOT EXPECTED TO KNOW
RESEARCHER NAMES!!!)
○ Gordon Allport - Prejudice, establishment of the society for the Psychological
○ Muzafer Sherif - experimental research on social influence
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○ Kurt Lewin - Action research
○ Solomon Asch - conformity
○ Leon Festinger - cognitive dissonance
○ Stanley Milgram - Obedience
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Document Summary
No human can survive without other human beings. Scientific study of the way in which a person"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. Humanities have a different understanding of other world because they don"t use empirical studies. Psychology = unit is the individual; sociology = unit is a member of a social class. Affect (attitude/attraction), behaviour, cognition (abc approach of human) Look at the effect of the presence of other on your behaviour whether it is real or imagined. A set of value and methods to be considered a scientific field. About how we go about to answer questions. Objectivity (there is no research that is fully objective) Scientific method is systematic observations, description, and measurement. Developed at the end of 19th century. Takes into account of the presence of the others. Facilitate a performance when the others present. Only happens when we are very well rehearsed.
