Week 1 Flashcards

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What is Social Psychology

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  • Scientific Explanation
  • Explain how thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by others
  • Can be actual, imagined or implied presence of others
  • Gordon Allport 1954
  • Study of individuals in Society
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Schacter Social Isolation

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  • 5 volunteer participants in isolation
  • How long could they last alone with plenty of access to food, water & entertainment
  • 1 lasted 2 hours, 3 lasted two days and 1 eight days
  • Some people were affected by psychological distress
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Small world Phenomenon

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  • We do not react well to isolation
  • We need human interaction, but would natural world connections help isolation
  • Any one individual could be connected through 5 intermediate people.
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Impacts of Social Isolation

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  • Premature death
  • Poor health behaviours
  • High blood pressure
  • Decreased feelings of wellbeing
  • Mental Illness
  • Poor Sleep
  • Physical inactivity
  • Poor immune function
  • Dementia
  • Smoking
  • Emotional Distress
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Milgram Social Connection Theory

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  • Six degrees of separation
  • Will two random people know each other
  • Sent letter to people without address and add their name to the roster
  • Average number of people the letter passed through the target person was 6
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Schacter’s Isolation Study

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  • There were differences in participants; one for 2 hrs and one for 8 days
  • Some had mental health trouble but not the longest
  • This indicates differences in individuals not the environment that has impact
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Moderation is Interaction

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  • Individual dispositions can moderate environment
  • Environment and individual differences influence behaviour
  • Responses depend on personality
    e.g. Some people are more predjudiced than others: contact with minority group influences political beleifs and vice versa
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Ingroup Bias Hodson 2008

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  • Measured 35 White prisoners in UK and how much time they spent with Black inmates
  • Social Dominance Orientation
  • Ingroup Bias - Their Attitudes towards Black inmates
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Social Dominance Orientation

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  • In getting what you want, it is sometimes necessary to use force against other groups
  • thinking some groups are better and deserve more
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What is Community Psychology?

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  • Similar to Social Psychology
  • Considers influence of environment and political systems on behaviour
  • Rejects individualist ideology
  • Empowers Community Problem Solving
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Individualism

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  • Reduction of inquiry to autonomous individuals
  • Self determination is valued
  • Aims for first order change
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First Order Change

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Addreses problems at individual level

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Collectivisim

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  • Attends to Societal Problems
  • Second order change
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Second Order Change

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  • Address problems at a community or societal level
  • Empowers community problem solving
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Community Psychology in Action

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  • Heinze et al 2018
  • Community engaged in greening program to reduce crime
  • Mowed & gardened in unmaintained lots
  • Crime was reduced for these lots compared to other vacant lots
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Lecture 1 Part one Summary

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  • We live in a society so social psychology is important
  • The importance and vastness of social connections
  • Impact of social isolation
  • Individual reacton to environment moderated by disposition
  • Community Psychology is second order change and collectivist