Social Psychology Ch 1-4

Question 1

when did social psychology first begin?

Answer 1

when scientists first started to systemically and formally measure thoughts

Question 2

Who is Kurt Lewin? What time period?

Answer 2

” the father of social psychology”; developed many of the important ideas of discipline, focused on dynamic interactions among people

1940-1950s

Question 3

Who is Leon Festinger? What time period?

Answer 3

-published a book called “Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences”, stressed the need to measure variables and use lad experiments to test hypotheses
-was willing to deceive patients
- 1940-1950s

Question 4

What did Muzafir Sherif (1936), Solomon Asch (1952), and Stanley Milgram (1974) study?

Answer 4

they studied conformity and social pressure, how people in authority could create obedience, even to harm others
- studied Adolf Hitler
-helped end segregation by offering evidence to Brown vs Board of Education

Question 5

What did Phillip Zimbardo (1973) study?

Answer 5

the infamous Stanford Prison experiment, interactions of male college students who were recruited to play the role of prisoners and guards

Question 6

What did Leonard Berkowitz (1974) study?

Answer 6

study of human aggression

Question 7

What did John Darley and Bibb Latane (1968) study?

Answer 7

developed model that explained when people do and don’t help others in need

Question 8

what expanded the social psychology scene of the 20th century?

Answer 8

• study of attitudes, cognitive processes, models of persuasion and advertisements
  -Festinger’s cognitive dissonance theory
• cognitive psychology advanced by computer technology

Question 9

what expanded the social psychology scene of the 21st century?

Answer 9

• social neuroscience, social influence of health and happiness, evolutionary impact of culture and behavior