PSYB10H3 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Social Psychology, Ingroups And Outgroups, The Culture
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Social psychology: the study of social processes, how the presence of others affects the way we think, feel, & behave, social situations can be real or imagined, goal: explaining and predicting behavior. Social psychology: focuses on how social situations can influence the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of an individual, personality psychology, focuses on how differences between individuals influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, crude distinction: variability vs. consistency. Sociology: focuses on behavior of communities and groups, not individuals, divorce rates over time, and relation to other social/economic indicators. Power of the situation: milgra(cid:373)"s stud(cid:455) of o(cid:271)edie(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Shock levels ranged from 15 volts (slight shock) to 450 volts (danger: severe shock: during the experiment, the confederate begins to scream in pain and demand that the experiment end. Later, the confederate stops making any sounds, indicating he may be possibly injured or dead: the experimenter, wearing a white lab coat, instructs the participant to continue with the experiment.
