PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Machiavellianism, Stroop Effect, Social Forces
4 Apr 2017
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Social psychology social psychology: the study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another thinking: self and other influence: situations and roles groups: ingroup vs. outgroup personality: person vs. situation. When the identity of the ingroup was revealed, there was a threat to bjw. When the identity of the outgroup was revealed, there was no threat to. When we explain other people"s behaviors, they can be dispositional or situational fundamental attribution error: observers estimate the importance of traits and underestimate the importance of situations when seeking explanations for a behavior traits > situation. Festinger social comparison theory: without any objective ways to evaluate performance, we compare ourselves with others who are similar or worse off. Mark snyder self-monitoring individuals vary in the extent to which they cultivate public appearances (impression management) people differ meaningfully in the extent to which they can and do engage in expressive control.
