PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Analysis Of Variance, List Of Fables Characters, Group Dynamics
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Psy220 lecture 1 introduction to social psychology jan. 9, 2017. Gordon allport- uses scientific methods to understand and explain how the thought, feeling and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual imagined, or implied presence of other human beings. How it is affected by the presence of people. We learn from each other (imitation) our brains are developed to be social, larger neo cortex ratio than other primates: higher social cognitive functions, language, empathy, emotion regulation lived in large social groups (key evolutionary adaption) Study: method- had 2. 5 year old children, chimpanzee, orangutans complete physical task- figure out how to get an object using tools. Social task- figure out how to get object by watching a model. Result: physical task: human and primates performed almost the same. Social task: child outperformed primates, humans good at social learning. Social thinking: how we think about one another. Social relations: how we get along with one another.
