LEC 1 - INTRO TO SOCIAL PSYC Flashcards
what is social psychology
Social psychology is a branch that focuses on the way of behaviour thoughts and feelings of one’s self through influence from real and/or imagined presence.
what is social psychology about, whats the definition
construals, meaning the way other people precieve or comprehend the social world
why do psychologist study social psyc
- curiosity
- solve problems such as social, health, enviroment, political and relationships
-relation, and connection.
example for relationships in social terms when problem solving
we can understand that one pov is different than another when communicating
EX - when someone says something and the other laughs, we may precive that as being laughed at when in reality, they’re laughing with us in thier perspective.
why is social psychology experiemented than wisdom(philosphy)
because its scientific assumptions and ideas are more accurate when tested when solving a problem rather than reasoning,common sense, and/or opinions(bias), therefore we can understand and answer questions in a deeper level.
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what is the definition construal
its the way others precieve the social world
what do social psychologists believe
- peoples contruals are important to understand rather than social enviroment itself.
- its experiementally based science to which theories are evolved into the real world observations systematically.
- that behaviours are influenced by real and imagined presence of others
what proof is there about construals
peoples beliefs about popularity of decisions making are constructed through their own way when decisions making, and people tend to believe that their decisions is the most common than what it actually is.
what happens when dealing with stress when it comes to construals and how
people that cope with stress may have an easier journey with stress
when perceiving
EX - looking at setbacks as challenges such as threats
if we wanted to know why someone behaved in a certian way and we asked them, why would this not be accurate
because people aren’t totally aware of their own responses, also people may be biased as in not telling the whole truth when asked.
this would be considered wisdom/folk rather than scientific and empricial because its an opinion rather than a idea or assumption.
why is it wrong to rely on sources such as journalist when it comes to social psychology
because they over simplfiy things and they have a cult of people that respect them in some way or even do argue, either way the answer is clear
EX - influencer self help books, they’re only bought because it’s someones favourite influencer not because it actually may give good advice.
what is considered a educated guess for social psychologists in order to find social problem answers
a hypohthesis
what is the difference between social psychology and socioloigy
sociology is about studying a individual in a group situation (general prinicpals concerning how societies operate).
social psychologist look at the individual themselves(what is true for all)
if we were to focus on the specific psychological process that triggers a state of frustration what view is this considered
a social psychologist view
if we were to focus on psychological processes when different levels of frustration is triggered within different groups (class for ex) what is this view considered
a sociologist view
what is the difference between social psychologists and personality psychologists
socialist look at the ways people can relate to each other through the social world as an influence, meaning they look at the internal and external factors.
personality psychologists look at how each individual is unique internally with one another.
how do situational factors guide behaviour give an example
because social situations are subjective, we may preceive something than what is really is which creates a fundamental attribution error.
we may be driving and someone cuts us off, on the off day we may be more upset than usual, but we dont know wether that person is driving to the hospital for an emergency or to be an asshole.
what is the definition to fundamental attribution error
the tendency to over or under estimate the extent of a situation because we believe it comes from personality traits when really its a situational factor.
what is the difference between over and under estimate with examples
we may underestimate if we dont understand why a cult have a belief that sounds bizare but really, its just their religion
overestimating is when we fail to understand that cults belief is part of their religon and we judge them for it or make a big deal out of it, resulting in a complex situation.
what is behaviourisim
understanding human behaviour in one need only consider the reinforcing properties of the environment.
how can behaviour be understood in social terms
we look at the situation of the people in it, putting ourselves in others shoes, and see how they would react
what is gesalt psychology
its the improtance of studying a subjective way of ones thought of an object rather than the object itself
what is and example of the gesalt psychology
while people may study those who look at elements of a painting, gesalt psychology requires we look at the whole of the painting and how that makes people feel
what are basic human motives
the desire for something
