PSYC 2380 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Mass Suicide, Hypnosis, Personality Psychology
13 Sep 2016
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(revel) chapter quiz 1: introducing social psychology solutions: social psychology is the study of: Social intuitions, such as the church or school. Social events, such as football games and dances psychological processes, such as dreaming the real or imagined influence of other people: for social psychologists, the likely explanation of the mass suicide at jonestown was: The people who committed suicide at jonestown were socially isolated and thus cut off from other points of view about their leader. The woman reads about high unemployment in poor communities and says, well, if those people weren"t so lazy, they would find work. The people who committed suicide at jonestown were mentally ill. They both focus on genetic contributions to personality. People"s behavior is affected by their interpretation of events, not only the events themselves. People behavior is primarily determined by the objective circumstances they are in. People are aware of their biases in perceiving events.
