Psy 352A

1. Psy 352A/BSocial Psychology

4. social psychology Understanding the causes of human beh/thought; Identifying the factors that shape our feelings/beh/thoughts Scientific: adopts the values/methods of other sciences as common sense is unreliable/fallible Causes of beh: characteristics/beh of others cognitive processes environment/situation culture biological factors Understanding the causes of human beh/thought; Identifying the factors that shape our feelings/beh/thoughts Scientific: adopts the values/methods of other sciences as common sense is unreliable/fallible Causes of beh: characteristics/beh of others cognitive processes environment/situation culture biological factors

5. Social sciences: sciences of society and the individual�s relationships with society and within it Social Psychology: individuals relation with group group relation with individual experimental - average/common focus Personality Psychology: private internal states Sociologists: studies larger aggregates of individuals - societies and societal institutions - group tendencies, intergroup relations such as occupational, economic, ethnic groups - observational techniques questions like: how do economic factors influence the family group? Political scientists: government and political institutions/policy and their effect on countries Economics: economic institutions/policy and their effect on countries Anthropologists: Cultural anthropologists: gain insight into and understand different cultures questions: how do family units differ from culture to culture Physical anthropologists: study human evolution from simpler organisms questions how human family units compare to animal families? Body farm in Tennessee - forensic anthropologists Social sciences: sciences of society and the individual�s relationships with society and within it Social Psychology: individuals relation with group group relation with individual experimental - average/common focus Personality Psychology: private internal states Sociologists: studies larger aggregates of individuals - societies and societal institutions - group tendencies, intergroup relations such as occupational, economic, ethnic groups - observational techniques questions like: how do economic factors influence the family group? Political scientists: government and political institutions/policy and their effect on countries Economics: economic institutions/policy and their effect on countries Anthropologists: Cultural anthropologists: gain insight into and understand different cultures questions: how do family units differ from culture to culture Physical anthropologists: study human evolution from simpler organisms questions how human family units compare to animal families? Body farm in Tennessee - forensic anthropologists

6. Five major perspectives (theory families) have dominated the field. Sociocultural: social behavior influenced by culture/society/nationality/social class focus on social norms (rules re appropriate behavior) culture: shared beliefs, customs, habits Evolutionary: social behavior rooted inphysical/psychological dispositions that aid reproduction and survival behavior shaped by natural selection/adaptation Social Learning: social behavior is learned behaviorist perspective - shaped by punishment and rewards Phenomenological: subjective interpretations of reality drive behavior interaction between person-situation Social cognitive: internal mental processes attention, memory, interpretationFive major perspectives (theory families) have dominated the field. Sociocultural: social behavior influenced by culture/society/nationality/social class focus on social norms (rules re appropriate behavior) culture: shared beliefs, customs, habits Evolutionary: social behavior rooted inphysical/psychological dispositions that aid reproduction and survival behavior shaped by natural selection/adaptation Social Learning: social behavior is learned behaviorist perspective - shaped by punishment and rewards Phenomenological: subjective interpretations of reality drive behavior interaction between person-situation Social cognitive: internal mental processes attention, memory, interpretation

7. social psychology Examples: Sociocultural:middle class women and careers today versus a generation ago traditional African culture vs the westernized version evolutionary:angry threatening expression - grabs attention similar expression to that in animals social learning: become a musician after seeing female reactions to rock stars phenomenological: response of branch davidians to ATF: agents of the devil social cognitive: helping beggars on street depend on: arm outstretched - more likely to notice perceive his plight as out of his control (salvucci story made choices) he reminds you of good Samaritan parable Examples: Sociocultural:middle class women and careers today versus a generation ago traditional African culture vs the westernized version evolutionary:angry threatening expression - grabs attention similar expression to that in animals social learning: become a musician after seeing female reactions to rock stars phenomenological: response of branch davidians to ATF: agents of the devil social cognitive: helping beggars on street depend on: arm outstretched - more likely to notice perceive his plight as out of his control (salvucci story made choices) he reminds you of good Samaritan parable

8. social psychology

9. social psychology

10. establish social ties: primates live in groups benefits: share food mutual safety satisfy social goals understand ourselves and others: gather info re ourselves and others constantly benefits: understanding = effective life management gain and maintain status: dominance vs submissiveness benefits: material benefits social benefits defend ourselves and those we value: individually and nationally (gangs vs armies) benefits: survival value threat (real/perceived) often = aggression attract and retain mates: survival value social valueestablish social ties: primates live in groups benefits: share food mutual safety satisfy social goals understand ourselves and others: gather info re ourselves and others constantly benefits: understanding = effective life management gain and maintain status: dominance vs submissiveness benefits: material benefits social benefits defend ourselves and those we value: individually and nationally (gangs vs armies) benefits: survival value threat (real/perceived) often = aggression attract and retain mates: survival value social value

11. social psychology

12. person: individual features/characteristics brought into situation mental/physical/psychological/emotional/genetic/experiential situation: environmental events/circumstances outside the individual immediate social context/family background/cultural norms different situations evoke different aspects of the self: swaggering youth or demure son; dominant goal context dependent different situational facets may activate different social motives: attention focus drives the motive if the moment party: dance, discuss, make out - can only attend to limited focus determines the goal individual responses to situation may vary: give up upon failure or persist people change their situations: our behavior influences the situation - what we elicit from others people choose their situations: college choice (long term) and free time selection (short term) situations change people: military training situations choose people: choice of college; varsity sports recruitment person: individual features/characteristics brought into situation mental/physical/psychological/emotional/genetic/experiential situation: environmental events/circumstances outside the individual immediate social context/family background/cultural norms different situations evoke different aspects of the self: swaggering youth or demure son; dominant goal context dependent different situational facets may activate different social motives: attention focus drives the motive if the moment party: dance, discuss, make out - can only attend to limited focus determines the goal individual responses to situation may vary: give up upon failure or persist people change their situations: our behavior influences the situation - what we elicit from others people choose their situations: college choice (long term) and free time selection (short term) situations change people: military training situations choose people: choice of college; varsity sports recruitment

13. social psychology: an overview

14. lessons of social psychology: Understanding the causes of human beh/thought; Identifying the factors that shape our feelings/beh/thoughts Scientific: adopts the values/methods of other sciences as common sense is unreliable/fallible Causes of beh: characteristics/beh of others cognitive processes environment/situation culture biological factors Understanding the causes of human beh/thought; Identifying the factors that shape our feelings/beh/thoughts Scientific: adopts the values/methods of other sciences as common sense is unreliable/fallible Causes of beh: characteristics/beh of others cognitive processes environment/situation culture biological factors

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16. situationism:

17. construal:

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19. tension systems:

20. predictability and indeterminacy:

21. how the topics fit: Understanding the causes of human beh/thought; Identifying the factors that shape our feelings/beh/thoughts Scientific: adopts the values/methods of other sciences as common sense is unreliable/fallible Causes of beh: characteristics/beh of others cognitive processes environment/situation culture biological factors Understanding the causes of human beh/thought; Identifying the factors that shape our feelings/beh/thoughts Scientific: adopts the values/methods of other sciences as common sense is unreliable/fallible Causes of beh: characteristics/beh of others cognitive processes environment/situation culture biological factors

22. social psychology Personal: personality/social behavior self: concept, esteem social development gender Intra-personal: attitudes, change, attitude-behavior relation mental representations, memory judgement motivation emotion Inter-personal: communication (persuasion) social influence: norms, conformity relationships pro- and antisocial (agrression, prejudice, stereotyping) behavior intergroup relations conflict social justice Personal: personality/social behavior self: concept, esteem social development gender Intra-personal: attitudes, change, attitude-behavior relation mental representations, memory judgement motivation emotion Inter-personal: communication (persuasion) social influence: norms, conformity relationships pro- and antisocial (agrression, prejudice, stereotyping) behavior intergroup relations conflict social justice

23. social psychology Personal: personality/social behavior self: concept, esteem social development gender Intra-personal: attitudes, change, attitude-behavior relation mental representations, memory judgement motivation emotion Inter-personal: communication (persuasion) social influence: norms, conformity relationships pro- and antisocial (agrression, prejudice, stereotyping) behavior intergroup relations conflict social justice Personal: personality/social behavior self: concept, esteem social development gender Intra-personal: attitudes, change, attitude-behavior relation mental representations, memory judgement motivation emotion Inter-personal: communication (persuasion) social influence: norms, conformity relationships pro- and antisocial (agrression, prejudice, stereotyping) behavior intergroup relations conflict social justice