Lecture 1 Flashcards

Kurt Lewin

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What do social psychologists do?

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want to understand how individuals act in relation to other people in social situations

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what is the definition of social psychology

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the scientific study of feelings, thoughts and behaviours of individuals in real or imagined social situations

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What is the power of situation

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how a social situation can change how we act, Lewin first worked on the concept

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What is social situation

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doesn’t need to be social, can be real or imagined (suggestion of a presence is enough to change our behaviour).

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Briefly explain Kurt Lewin’s life

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  • Born in a small town in Poland in 1890
  • Joined German army in 1914 (WW1)
  • Left Germany in 1933 due to his conflicting social identities (proud German scientist and a Jewish man)
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Lewin argued that context influences how we

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1.) interpret a situation
2.) perceive a situation
3.) understand a situation
4.) find a meaning in a situation

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Who developed Field Theory

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Lewin

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What is Field Theory

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behaviour is a function of a person and his environment

B = f(P,E)

B <- behaviour
f <- function
P <- person
E <- environment

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what are the 5 themes in the study of social psychology?

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1.) Power of situation
2.) construal
3.) automatic vs controlled processing
4.) evolutionary psychology
5.) cross cultural psychology

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If you go on a first date, should you get a hot chocolate or frappuccino?

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holding something warm can lead us to making “warm” and positive impressions of a new person

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what is laissez-faire

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leadership style in which the leader gives group members minimal (if any) guidance

too unstructured
wasted lots of time
nothing done

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democratic characteristics

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cohesive group
task-oriented
motivated
high-quality products

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what does construal mean?

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how do we view the situation?
how we perceive, comprehend and interpret the world
it’s shaped by the power of the situation

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what is naïve realism?

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we like to think we see the world for how it truly is

it’s the seductive and compelling sense that we see the world the way it is, not through our own subjective take on the world

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difference between automatic and controlled thinking

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automatic
- fast
- approx
- best guesses
- effortless
- unconscious

controlled
- deliberate
- slow
- taxing
- conscious

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what is the naturalistic fallacy

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the way things are is the way they’re supposed to be