Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is social psychology?
-the scientific study of how ppl’s thoughts, feelings, behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others
What is a construl?
-how ppl perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world
What is the difference between sociology and social psych?
-it focuses on the whole rather than the individuals
What is individual difference?
-aspects of people’s personalities that make them differ from other ppl
What is the difference between personality psychology and social psych?
-personality psych focus on what makes ppl dif from one another
-social psych focuses on psychological process shared by most ppl that make them susceptible to social influence
What is fundamental attribution error?
-tendency to overestimate the extent to which ppl’s behaviour comes from personality traits, and underestimate situational factors
What is behaviourism?
-theory that in order to understand behaviour, one only needs to understand the reinforcing factors of the environment
What is social cognition?
-how ppl think abt themselves and the social world; specifically how ppl select, interpret, and use social info to make judgements and decisions
What is behaviour shaped by?
-situation and person
How do we understand behaviour?
-by focusing on how ppl perceive the situation and not objective characteristics of the situation
What did Norman Triplett discover?
-competition enhances performance
What did Max Ringlemann discover?
-as group size increases, individual effort decreases (known as social loafing)
What did Kurt Lewis discover?
-behaviour is a function of the interaction between the person and environment
What is normative influence?
-when u comply to group standards to be accepted
What is social comparison?
-when we compare ourselves to other people
