PSYCH 280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psych, Naturalistic Fallacy
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Social norm: general rule of conduct reflecting standards of social approval/disapproval. Hatred, beliefs, behaviors, attraction, helping behaviors, leaders, power (control resources), impressions. Scientific study of how indv think, feel, and behave in regard to other ppl and how indv"s thoughts, feelings and behaviors are affected by other people. Indv feelings, thoughts, and behaviors in social situations. The environment in which you find yourself shapes how you behave. Social psych focuses on how the situation impacts behavior. Proxima influences: situation itself, how it is perceived, underlying processes of perceiving and reaction to situations. Channel factors: certain situational circumstances that appear unimportant on the surface but can have great consequences for behaviors, either facilitating it or broadcasting it. Spin your immediate environment that makes it a little easier for one behavior to occur over an other. Small change in env = big change in beh. Deciding to do it or not makes it difficult. Some countries, you are automatically opted in.
