PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Deindividuation, Group Dynamics

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Chapter 13 the power of the situation. Psychologists want to study behaviour and what people do. Looking at social context in which behaviour happens. *the social context exerts a very powerful influence that will override individual dispositions. The power of the situation is a very important factor. There are individual threads that govern our responses/what we do. People will do different things in a group of people. Social psychology definition: scientific study of how individuals behave, think and feel in social situations. Presence of other people is a significant influence on many people. How social pressures can exert significant influence on behaviour (e. g. cults). Leaders of cult got 900 to commit suicide. You"re driving on highway, you won"t litter because you obey rules and based on the implied presence of others (police). Social rule: defined pattern of behaviour that is expected of a person when functioning in each setting.