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| the scientific study of how individuals think, feel and behave in a social context. it typically focuses on the psychology of the individual. does not focus on disorders. |
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| difference between personality psychologists and social psychologists |
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personality psychologists: interested in cross-situational consistency.
social psychologists: interested i how different situations cause different behaviors.
they complement eachother |
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| the first research article ins social psych at the end of the 19th century. the work observed that bicyclists tended to race faster when racing in the presence of others than when simply racing against a clock. When they compete against others, they get the best time because in competition winning is the goal, not time. it was an experiment. French due Max Ringelmann conducted studied the effects of the prescence of others on the perfomance of individuals. he looked at simple tasks like pulling roles. |
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mid 1970s -1990s
Study of cultures
Higher ethical standards
systematic research to guard against bias
more attention to cross-cultural diffs in behavior.
"Hot" (emotion/motivation) versus "Cold" (cognition) perspectives. |
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| The study of how people perceive, remember and interpret info about themselves and others. ex. exposing people to images of black people and they will associate them with more hostile words despite claiming they are not prejudice. |
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| The study of the social world affects the brain and biology and vice versa or the relationship between neural and social processes. We experience pain in the same brain part physically and emotionally. |
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| a subfield of psych that examines the role of genes on behavior. research: to which extend aggression is an inherited train and the roles of genes in sexual orientation. |
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| a subfield of psych that uses the principles of evolution to understand human social behavior. research: Jealousy and its evolutionary advantages. |
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| compares and contrasts people of DIFFERENT cultures |
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| examining racial and ethnic groups WITHIN cultures. like men and women may live in distinct subcultures. |
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| Positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
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| new technology allow researchers to see images of the brain at work through non -invasive procedures. This allows social psychologists to study the interplay of the brain and discrete thoughts, feelings and behaivors. Measuring hormone levels is another example. |
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| The community and wall street game |
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Ross and Samuels 1993
results were that nature of the game influenced how people act. People acted because of the reward, not because of their personality. "if you create the situation, people will comply" |
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