SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Role Theory, Scientific Method, Social Influence
26 Sep 2016
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Social psychology: the systematic study of the nature and causes of human social behaviour (delamater) Human social behaviour: idea that humans are not driven by internal forces but that human behaviour has a social component to it, is influenced and shaped by other external forces (social norms, etc. ) Good and evil acts reside inside the individual (psychological or genetic conditions) Did people have a psychological disposition during ww2 or did was it due to the social. He would change subtle things about the experiment (family members being shocked, who"s giving the orders) the percentage of shocks went from 20% to 95% Therefore, there is a social component to everyone"s psychological defense. Social psychologists are skeptical of personal experience as a means to understanding human social behaviour: they rely instead on systematic observation. Recognizing the power of the situation in human social behaviour. Socialization and the social origins of the self.
