PSY-2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Amygdala, Confirmation Bias, Social Rejection
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What is the definition of social psychology: the scientific study of how people influence our behavior, beliefs, and attitudes. What is the fundamental attribution error and how can it affect our analysis of behavior: the tendency to overestimate the effect of dispositional influences on other people"s behavior (involves underestimating situational influences, reduces error: What is the definition of attitude and how do attitudes and actions affect each other: belief that includes an emotional component. May predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events. What are two alternate theories for why we change our beliefs/attitudes/behaviors when they conflict: justify behavior by changing belief. As long as i don"t purchase the song, i"m not technically supporting sexist beliefs. Be able to differentiate between normative and informational social influence. Note influences on obedience: shock test, influences on obedience:
