chapter 1 Flashcards
social psych is
study of behaviour and mental processes that relate to how we engage w others; way we socialize way we mutually seek validation; e. if emotions are threat dev. which emotion is elicited
what is good and bad
based on morals, advantageous; labels maintaining emotions
narcissism
overinflated sense of self; people we call narcissistic are just more selfish than others
altruism
doesn’t exist; secondary ann anytime we do something for others
personality
traits are stable and unique to individuals; therapy works bc it changes how you are
who someone is versus how someone is. what’s the who and how
who: identity
how: personality
nature vs nurture
its largely nurture (parental social cond); learn attachment, mirrr others
trauma is
things that shape psyche; leading us to have memories and suppression and avoid social processing
emotion is __always a disorder
react after trauma; diagnoses can be unhelpful, emotion ok
fundamental attribution error
wrongly attribute someone else’s actions to personality, and ours to external circumstance; over attribute others actions to their character
behaviour is
thoughts actions behaviours
when we say you hurt me emotionally we mean
im uncomfortable; this 9is a reaction of discomfort not the same as physical pain
psych is study of
individuals thoughts actions behaviours
if we say i should instead of i ought to
were less likely to follow through; words chang our psych
sociology is
study of groups or society; eg . is treshold for too fat static or fluid pertaining to socioeconomic outcomes
personality psych is
study of diff’s in thoughts feelings behaviour of individual
research in social psych involves
observation, measure and record behaviour, manipulate and see which cond leqds to behaviour, infer correlation or causation
basic/pure social psych research is
knowledge for sake of knowledge;
why do we treat out groups diff; bystander effect; attraction to certain people
applied psych research
find solutions to real world problems; encourage people to interact favorably
process of thoughts behaviour sand feelings
thoughts-> feelings-> behaviour; all centred around core beliefs; eg. disgust response-> avoidance-> overprotecting emotions
interoceptive meditation
decrease his emotional repsonse/pain by focusing and saying aloud
evolutionary psych
are there evol reasons for psych mostly made ups
3 diffs ins sociology, social psych, personality psych
sociology: look at large groups diffs b/n groups
social psych: looks at how people socialize w others and interact
personality psych: looks at individual
psych stems from what field of study and 4 categories
philosophy, study of nature of knowledge
metaphysics
epistemology
ethics
logic