SOP-3004 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Dissonance, Elaboration Likelihood Model, Basking In Reflected Glory
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Social psychology is the scientific study of how people think about, influence and relate to one another. This branch of study focuses more on the individual rather than experimentation: be able to (briefly) explain the history of social psychology. Social psychology only recently came out as a form a specific area of scientific study. Power of the situation: people in different situations seize opportunities that are presented to them (ex. What is the function of each: birging: basking in reflected glory bandwagon onto someone else"s victories, corfing: cutting off reflected failure: distance yourself from someone who will make you look bad. We won but they lost : what are the basic components or ideas of evolutionary theory and how do they contribute to evolution, the basic components are heritability, variation, and natural selection. Human"s ability to learn and adapt that allows us to promote our genes because of favored behavioral traits: heritability: large percentage of genes passed on from parents.
