Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Social Psychology Notes 2/18/15

Social Psychology 
"The Study of how we think about, influence and relate to one another."

*Social Thinking*
(How do we think about one another?)

*Attribution Theory*

  • The idea that we give a casual explanation for someone's behavior.
  • We credit that behavior either to the situation or...
  • To the person's disposition
*Fundamental Attribution Error*
  • The tendency to underestimate the impact of a situation and overestimate the impact of person disposition.
-ex:How do you view your teacher behavior?You probably attribute it to their personality rather than their profession.

*Attitudes
  • A belief feeling that predisposes one to respond in  a particular way to something.
  • Does your attitudes guide our action?Only if...
-External pressure is minimal
-We're aware of our attitudes 
 The attitude is relevant to the behavior

*Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
  • The tendency for people who have first agreed t a small request to comply later with a larger request. 
*Door-in-face phenomenon
  • The tendency for people who say not to a huge request, to comply with a smaller one.
*Zimbardo Prison Study 
  • Role playing affects attitudes. What do you think happened when college students were made to take roles of prison guards and inmates.



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