Social Psychology Lecture Notes PDF
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This document contains lecture notes on social psychology, covering topics such as social influence, relationships, and attribution. It discusses concepts like cyberball, familiarity, and mere exposure, all relevant to understanding human behavior in social contexts.
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What is Social Psychology? How our thoughts, feeling, and behavior are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other Cyberball: People showed up to play a game and throw a ball on the computer back and forth. They...
What is Social Psychology? How our thoughts, feeling, and behavior are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other Cyberball: People showed up to play a game and throw a ball on the computer back and forth. They get the ball about a 3rd of the time(control) Then they never throw you the ball. (experiment) Then ask how not getting the ball makes the people feel? Answer to the people who did not get the ball it made them super sad and felt left out. People need to: Feel like they belong ▪ Basic human drive ▪ Form and maintain relationships Familiarity: Friends are the people who step into your life first Must be seen to be considered ▪ Proximity Same place same time Best predictor of pairing Mere Exposure (Zajonc) More you see them the more you like them Liking students in class (Moreland & Beach, 1992) ▪ Method: ▪ Females confederates in class ▪ Sat in the first row ▪ No Interaction ▪ Varied number of classes Who do you love? People who like similar lead to great out comes in relationships Matching Hypothesis: ▪ Males and females of approximately equal physical attractiveness are likely to select each other as partners We like those who are similar & those who like us Making attribution: Understanding people is engraved in us. It happens because of all of the other conversations and interactions with others. People, use it to help understand people and pick if they would be a good fit for our life. Understand the cause of events and behaviors Internal Attribution: Ascribe the cause of behavior to personal disposition, traits, abilities, and feelings External Attribution: Ascribe the cause of behavior to situational demands and environmental constraints Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) Overestimate dispositional influence Underestimate situational influence You don't know what is going on with other people and can't see it but will complain about what is going wrong. We will expect people to be a surtent way in a job or sport not knowing what is going on in their life
