PSYC 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parasympathetic Nervous System, Counterfactual Thinking, Affective Forecasting
26 Feb 2016
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How individuals think about and perceive other people. Not enough research on the other potential universal expressions. Multple choice (approx 25 questions - 1 pt each) Definitions, explanations, examples, real life examples (2 social psych processes. Due in 5 weeks (wed march 9, 11:59pm) Choose article from a recent newspaper or magazine (published after november 15th, 2015) Describe how a concept from social psychology could contribute to our understanding of the article. Do not pick a psychology journal article (no academic articles) Do not pick an article from the media that is already about psychology. Sports, music, current events, then apply social psych to it. Mimicry: unconsciously copy the nonverbal expressions of others. Someone mimics us we end up liking them, we like someone so we mimic them. This could be used strategically for people to like you more. Doing it consciously could interfere with it happening naturally - you look weird.
