PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanley Milgram, Fundamental Attribution Error
10 Dec 2016
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Review: jamie applied to several graduate schools but was not accepted at any of them. He says that he is actually relieved- he really didn"t want to graduate school anyway. Jaime appears to be engaging in _______ coping: stress-centred, rationally focused, problem-focused, emotion-focused. Minor annoyances of everyday life: selyes general adaptation syndrome describes. Study of how people influence others" behaviour, beliefs, and attitudes. We tend to think others are vulnera(cid:271)le to so(cid:272)ial influen(cid:272)e (cid:271)ut not ourselves. The truth is we conform more than we think. Predisposed to forming intimate interpersonal networks of a particular size. Need-to-belong theory and biologically based need for interpersonal connections. It literally hurts us to be isolated or rejected. Most social influence processes are adaptive under most circumstances. They can turn maladaptive when they are blind or unquestioning. Must remember: social influences should be evaluated critically. We seek to evaluate our abilities and beliefs by comparing them with those of others.
