SOCPSY 1Z03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: George Herbert Mead, Social Identity Theory, Symbolic Interactionism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 1Z03
• Professor: Erica Speakman

Document Summary

Definition of social psychology: the merging of two studies (turn on 20th century). Interest of psychology (emphasis on the individual) and sociology (emphasis on social structure). The systemic study of nature and causes of human social behaviour, study of thoughts, feelings, attitudes are shaped by the actual or imagines presence of others, what people do and why they do it. Intergroup conflict and the influence they have on one another (pro-trump vs anti-trump: the impact of social context and social structure on groups and individuals. Impact that society has on you, and what impact you have on society. Meanings can be modified through social interaction, norms are changed over time, meanings are changing all the time. Looking glass self (cooley: how we perceive how others perceive us, three elements: Social status: the position that one holds in a society or group: social structure and personality, social structure: relationships between groups of individual, things that impact your personality.