Introdduction To Social Psychology

Question 1

What is social psychology

Answer 1

Influence of social processes on way people think feel and behave

Question 2

What are the 3 themes in social psychology

Answer 2

Social thinking how we think about others- social cognition,attribution
Social influence how we are influenced by others conformity authority obedience dissents
Social relations how we interact with other-relationships and friendships

Question 3

Empathy

Answer 3

We are born with the capacity but it’s learned behaviour

Question 4

What is empathy

Answer 4

It is bedrock of intimacy and close connection
W/o relationships emotionally shallown
Can still work beside one another but clueless about inner feelings
Empathy increases pro social behaviour helps us to acknowledge when we are bad become aware of pain we cause

Question 5

Narcissism

Answer 5

Empathy is an antidote to bullying and other anti social behaviour
Inward never outward
Mememememe
Inability to emphasise Those with with impaired empathy cause devation through excess of self interest

Question 6

Sympathy

Answer 6

You identify with the situation that person finds the self in
Can feel it for people you have never met and for something you’ve nerves acy7ally. Experienced doesn’t connect you to the perso. Or what they are feeling

Question 7

Empathy vs sympathy

Answer 7

Emothy involves identifying with what that person is feel8nf and actually felled if those feeeligm yourself
Sympathy feeling for so,some empathy feeling with them

Question 8

Right supramarginal gyrus

Answer 8

When this area is damaged one’s ability for empathy is dramatically reduced
This area of brain helps us to distinguish our own emotional stare from that of other people and responsible for empathy and compassion

Question 9

Empathy is unconscious mimicry

Answer 9

Mimicry part of human interaction mimic facial expressions of those we interact with seeing someone in pain activates parts of brain that register pain

Question 10

Empathy is innate but enhanced through social learning

Answer 10

Empathy is innate capacity that needs to be developed

Question 11

Individual differences in empathy

Answer 11

The more connected you are to your own emotions greater ability to feel others