PSYCH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Milgram Experiment, Cinnabon, Hand Sanitizer
14 Nov 2016
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Social psychology: two big points: thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are: Powerfully shaped by the social environment: our social perception of other people is fundamentally different than our social perception of ourselves. First big point: the power of the situation: our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are shaped by the immediate social situation. The situation can overwhelm our plans and intentions and our stable personality traits. E. g. features of the environment can make good people more likely to do bad things: zimbardo prison experiment, milgram obedience experiment. Situation can also encourage people to do good things. Increasing thoughts about disease (hand sanitizer) affects outlook. Priming people with a cleanliness reminder shifts their political orientation. Second big point: the self is special . Motivational: we want to maintain a positive view of ourselves because it feels good. Informational: we have imperfect access to information about ourselves about others. The spotlight effect: we think people notice us more than they do (gilovich.
