PS270- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)
Document Summary
Provides general laws and theories about societies or social groups. Studies the psychological processes that people have in common that make them susceptible to social influence. Studies the characteristics that make people unique and different from one another. Important themes in social psychology: the power of the situation. Reactions to a situation depend on interpretation and inference (of which we may be unaware) Subjective construction of social reality: the role of intuition and reasoning. Dual processing = powerful but perilous: applicable to important social issues. Unconscious processes influences a lot of our beliefs/behaviours. Social neuroscience: brain areas and processes involved in social behaviour. Subjective culture (unquestioned assumptions, ways of doing things) Culture is to society what memory is to individuals. Cultural ideas are shared and often correspond to a particular language, time period, and geographic region. Define status by accomplishments vs relationships or affiliations. Not as concerned about cooperation and smooth social interaction.
