Sociology 2233 : Social Psychology 2233 Lecture Notes.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2233
• Professor: Tom Murphy

Document Summary

Bystander apathy in a very busy place and a bad crime/event occurs, people are more likely to assume someone else will deal with it, therefore no one ever does anything. Cathartic effect if you work your aggression out (ex. Going to the gym) then it will disappear: note: when research began on this effect, they found out that the opposite actually happens (ex. Working out heightens aggression: people should leave the situation that makes them aggressive and go for a long, slow walk until the feeling goes away. Note: not everyone will respond in the same way to situations, there can be a higher tendency or majority but not everyone. Warm and cold experiment one word in a similar list changes many characteristics that people would assume. Implicit personality theory take what we know and assume other characteristics. Social psychology scientific study of the nature and causes of normal individual behaviour, emotion, and thought in social situations.