PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: External Validity, Operational Definition, Ikea
24 Oct 2016
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Security : avoiding bad things, more right hem activity. Motivated to be a part of something. Involves cultural knowledge memories, expectations: emotional experience fear. Specific primary and secondary emotions influence attention, memory, interpretation in particular ways. Higher order cognition dependent on adequate emotional functioning. Culture diffusion: transfer of inventions, knowledge, ideas from one culture to another. H&m, ikea, everyone has the same coffee table. Culture transmission: members of a culture learn explicitly/implicitly to imitate the beliefs and behaviors of others in that. When we learn to imitate beliefs and values, etc of other people in our culture. World is uncertain place, can only be more or less uncertain about something. All groups must get along with one another, cooperate to achieve goals, and minimize disruptive conflicts within the group. By joining a group, you gain order, guidance, less uncertain. Social psychology: (cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) stud(cid:455) of (cid:272)auses a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)es of people"s thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, a(cid:374)d actions regarding themselves and other people.
