PSY-2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 44: Cognitive Dissonance, Normative Social Influence, Impression Management
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Social psychology the scientific study of how people influence our behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes. Can be organized around 3 themes: think about = social thinking, influence = social influence, relate = social relations, humans have a biological need to belong, > twenge, catanese, and baumeister (2002) < Experimental group told: you"re the type who will end up alone later in life. The experimental group was more likely to eat an unhealthy snack or procrastinate on homework. Control group told you"re likely to be accident prone later in life. (still being told something negative, could affect self-esteem; but doesn"t have anything to do with belonging) Dunbar"s number: claimed most human social groups are comprised of approximately 150 people, argued the size of the human cortex relative to remaining brain limits how many. The size of our brain limits us to this number individuals one can strongly associated with.
