PSYC 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Androcentrism, Heteronormativity, Philip Zimbardo
9 Mar 2016
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Lecture one - introduction to social psychology social psychology is not Societal/group level vs. individual level (diferent in the level of analysis - broad patterns or inside someone"s head) Unusual patterns of behaviour, often connected with mental disorders (look at the two ends of a distribution curve, while social psychology looks at the 90% in the middle to ind the average or normal) common themes. Power of the situation unappreciated impact on behaviour. The situation a person is in has a powerful and (often) Ex. a clumsy waiter - could be having a bad day/under poor management, not necessarily a bad waiter all the time. Ex. new parents arguing over changing a babies diaper - subjective: each of them think that they changed the diaper last, objective: only one of them changed the diaper last. Social psychologists love looking at the world through the research participant"s eyes.
