PSYC 308 Chapter Notes -Psych, Scientific Method, Social Rejection
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We forge our individual identities not alone but in the context of other people. Close friends and staying in contact with family members = health benefits like protecting against heart disease, infection, diabetes, and cancer, also living longer and more actively. Children who are socially excluded suffer academically and socially. Experiencing social rejection produces activity in the brain related to physical pain and being treated well activates parts associated with rewards. A person is more than 20 times more likely than usual to suffer a heart attack within one day of the death of a loved one. Social psychology the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context. Social psych is a science it applies the scientific method of systematic observation, description and measurement to the study of human condition like other sciences. Often emphasizes the power of the situation in affecting people.
