PSY 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Comparison Theory, Fundamental Attribution Error, Stanford Prison Experiment
9 Dec 2016
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The study of how people influence others" behavior, beliefs and attitudes. We think that others are vulnerable to social influence, but that we ourselves are not. Can lead us to doubt social psychology"s findings initially. We are predisposed to form intimate interpersonal networks that are only so large. Need to belong theory: we have a biologically based need for interpersonal connections. Solitary confinement: more psychological symptoms, expc mood and anxiety problems. Study: end up alone later in life vs likely to be accident prone later in life . It literally hurts us to be isolated or rejected fmri study: computerized ball tossing game- by the end of a 20 minute game you feel socially rejected, because the other players play among themselves. Cingulate cortex: social rejection and actual pain (same light up feature like physical pain) Long term loneliness: psychological adjustment, depression, cognitive decline, alzheimer"s disease- high chance of psychological state being altered later in life.
