test 1 Flashcards
The social psychology of giving the finger
conforming to authority, situations are ambigous…so we look to others often without realizing it.
social psychology:
involves the use of scientific methosd to explore the ways in which a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.
factors shaping social behavior and though?
- social interactions
- cognitive processes
- environmental variables
- cultural context
- biological factors
social psychology=
science
the science of social psychology seeks to ?
describe and understand the causes of individuals’ behavior in various social contexts
accuracy:
gather and evaluate information in an error-free manner
objectivity:
obtain and evaluate information in a manner that is ree from human bias
skepticism:
accepting findings as accurate to the extent they have been verified
open-mindedness:
changing one’s views if compelling evidence to the contrary
is social psychology just common sense?
some findings
social psychologists implicit and explicit assumptions and values?
reliance on science to understand and to predict human social behavior, as opposed to or in addition to religion, philosophy personal experience
Hypoth 1
situations are powerful, our setting controls us
Hypoth 2
we often dont know why people do what they do, we dont know why we ourselves do what we do.
Hypoth 3
we often dont know what we don’t know, we are built not to know what we dont know, we often dont know the bias in our judgements because they are made automatically.
hypoth 4
it is amazing that we are as accutate as we are about why people do what they do and about what kind of people they are, our judgments are often accurate because they are made automatically.
Hypoth 5
people have two fundamental social motivations: people want to be liked and have a need to belong, people want to be accurate, consistent, and authentic
triplett
people are faster at doing tasks when other ppl are around, Kids fishing, bicycle racing
who first systematicall studied social behavior in the lab?
triplett, 1897
What was the first social psychology book?
“social psychology” by mcdougall on instincts 1908
What was the 2nd major book in social pshychology?
“the measurement of attitudes” 1929
what was happening during the 1930 and 40s that had ppl questioning social psychology? how can ppl kill ppl? are some ppl evil?
WWII and the rise of NAZI germany
muzafer sherif
turkish born psychologist, realistic conflict theory, “robbers’ cave” group processes
Fritz heider
austrian born psychologist, attributions theory, the psychology of interpersonal relationships.
