PSYC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Prosocial Behavior, Fundamental Attribution Error, Inclusive Fitness
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Chapter 12 social psychology: social psychology ~ study of how people influence other people"s thoughts, feelings and actions. 12. 1 how does group membership affect people: social brain hypothesis ~ places such challenges in context of brain size, primates ~ one of largest biological classes that humans belong to. Ingroup favoritism ~ tendency for people to evaluate favorably and privilege members of ingroup more than members or outgroup: brain activity associated with group membership. Informational influence ~ tendency for people to conform when they assume that the behavior of others represents the correct way to respond: social norms ~ expected standards of conduct, which influence behavior. People are obedient to authority: obedience ~ when person follows orders of person of authority. Many factors can influence aggression: aggression ~ any behavior that involves the intention to harm another, biological factors, social and cultural factors.
