PSYB10H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Cognition, Psychophysiology, Verbal Behavior
11 Sep 2012
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Definition of social psychology: uses scientific methods to understand and explain how the thought, feeling and behaviour of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other human beings. Video: 2 confusion monkeys who love grapes but don t mind cucumbers. They each receive tokens & can see what the other monkey is getting Basically, when both receive grape/cucumber, all is happy. When one gets a grape & the other gets a cucumber, the one getting a cucumber wont accept it because he does not like the value of the cucumber when compared to the grape. Methods in social psych: social psychological toolkit & research & statistical methods. Social psych toolkit: self-report surveys, reaction time tasks, priming, nonverbal/verbal behaviour & neuroscience & psychophysiology. Reaction time tasks: very common, especially in social cognition. Sit infront of computer & press buttons to see the speed you can do certain tasks.
