PSYC 231 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Social Psychology, Testosterone, Psychology
12 Oct 2018
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PSYC 231
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
1. Social Thinking
o we construct our social reality
2. Social Influences
o Shape our behaviour a d feelings
o Attractiveness/ expressing sexuality
3. Social Behaviour
o Imitation
o Physiological reactions to experience
Biology influences thoughts
o Link between RELATIONSHIPS + HEALTH
"Take an Advil for the heartbreak"
PROBLEMS
Psychologist affects by 2 interpretations
1. Hindsight Bias
2. Findings apply to others not to self
"Birds of a feather flock together" vs. "Opposites attract"
BARRIERS
Social Position
Some people have advantages
Most people that afford privileges are unearned
Privilege allows people the luxury of NOT having to think about privilege
"I don't see race"
Causes privilege people to dismiss problems of oppressed groups
"All lives matter"/ "cant you take a joke"
Some people are marginalized from having access to those resources..
o Axes of Status and Power
Age
Gender
Race
Sexual orientation
Wealth
o Intersection Theory
Identities can intersect to create your unique experiences of marginalization
and priviledge
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY VS. SOCIOLOGY
Social Psychology
o How people think influence and relate
o How social contexts affects psychology (individual)
Sociology
o Study of social life and change
o Social contexts (whole)
THE POWER OF A GOOD THEORY
• Theory
o It’s onl a theor, it isn’t reall true!
• Theor of Evolution
• An integrated set of priniples that eplain and predit oserved events
– Social thinking, influences, and relations
• Generative
– New hypotheses
– New research
– Solutions to social problems
Example: Sociometer theory
o Leary's Sociometer Theory
Invented theory to explain relation to other people
High self esteem = we perceive people value us as a social partner
Low self esteem = we perceive that we are unvalued
GENERATED:
New hypothesis
Self esteem is sensitive to social acceptance and rejection
New research
767 citations since 1994
Solutions to social problems
"Self esteem programs" probably wont work
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find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Social psychology: social thinking, we construct our social reality, social influences, shape our behaviour a d feelings, attractiveness/ expressing sexuality, social behaviour. Biology influences thoughts: link between relationships + health. Psychologist affects by 2 interpretations: hindsight bias, findings apply to others not to self. "birds of a feather flock together" vs. "opposites attract" Most people that afford privileges are unearned. Privilege allows people the luxury of not having to think about privilege. Causes privilege people to dismiss problems of oppressed groups. "all lives matter"/ "cant you take a joke" Some people are marginalized from having access to those resources. : axes of status and power. Identities can intersect to create your unique experiences of marginalization and priviledge. Social psychology: how people think influence and relate, how social contexts affects psychology (individual) Sociology: study of social life and change, social contexts (whole)
