PSYCH 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Implicit Cognition, Collectivism, Social Cognition
21 Feb 2014
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Social psychology scientific discipline that attempts to understand and explain how the thoughts, feelings, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Two noteworthy parts of this definition: psychology is about people. Social psychology in particular is studying people in relation to other people: that which causes one to be affected doesn"t have to be real; rather, it can be implied or imagined. Situations can have a powerful influence on how individuals feel, think, and behave. Situations can often have a more powerful influence on an individual"s behavior than their personality. An example is the people who fell on the program, what would you do? . Self-fulfilling prophecy process by which someone"s expectations about a person or group leads to the fulfillment of those expectations. Step 1: perceiver forms expectations about the target. Step 2: perceiver acts towards the target based on the expectations.
