Chapter 1 Flashcards
According to __________,
“SP is a scientific attempt to understand how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of individuals are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people
Gordon Allport (1954)
SP is defined as “is a science that studies the influences of our situations, with special attention to how we view and affect one another”
In the book of Myers (2010)
The father of Modern Social Psychology
Gordon Allport
WHAT IS SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY? (precisely)
“the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another”
We can learn behaviors from novels and alike but what makes social psych differ from artistic and humanistic endeavor is a _________.
Science
it conducts rigid psychological studies so that we can understand how a person’s behaviors and decisions are Influenced by the situation and by other people surrounding them.
Science
-Social psychologists attempt to establish general principles of ____________ that will apply in various situations. This search of general principles is not limited to the study of attitudes but it extends across the array of human behaviors and experiences.
attitude formation and change
These are the beliefs and expectations
thoughts
It is our emotions and moods (have you ever experienced the person who hurt you, and suddenly you see yourself crying?)
feelings
It maybe overt and covert (these are the actions that we usually see or manifest. We tend to ask why certain behavior occurs, and so and so.)
behaviors
It studies how the group or society influences the individual as a member of it.
Focus on Individual
What influence?
Try to think of yourself when you are at home, how do you behave? when you are alone? How about with your siblings or parents? when you are with your close friends, what’s your behavior, When you are with your classmates that are not so close with you, how about with strangers, how’s your behavior? Does it change? Is it constant?
INFLUENCED BY OTHER HUMAN BEINGS
