KIN 231.3 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Kinef Kirishi, Basketball, Anxiety
KIN 231.3
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Social Behaviour KIN 231
JAN 4/17
Social Beings?
Influenced by others?
- What you wear?
- Social media, online ads, people you want to emulate.
- What you eat?
- Diet trends, people you live with, off season vs prep.
Anything we aren’t influenced by others in? There isn’t much.
Balance
Haptics
- When balancing, if a surface is lightly touched (i.e. piece of paper) balance improves
dramatically.
Impossible to separate the effect of a treatment (medical) itself from the social (& psychological)
effects embedded in the context of applying the treatment.
Social Psychology
Understand & explain how the thoughts, feelings, and B’ of individuals are influenced by the
actual, imagined or implied presence of other human beings.
Allport (1985)
Differs from?
- Psychology focuses on the individual, no social enviro.
- Sociology looks at how social B’ at a very broad level (how institutions influence how
people behave).
- Social psychology examines the impact of others on individual thoughts, feelings, and B’.
History
Late 1800’s
- Social loafing
I.e. group project where someone doesn’t do anything.
Late 1900’s
- Social facilitation
Now
- Herd instinct
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Social Behaviour KIN 231
JAN 4/17
Expedia ratings – i.e. picking a restaurant.
Social Influence
Occurs whenever one individual responds to the actual or implied presence of one or more
others.
Baron & Byrne (1981)
Four basic types.
1. Conformity – changing B’ in order to adhere to accepted standards of beliefs.
Why go along w/the group?
1 – need to fit in.
2 – belief that others are smarter/better informed.
3 – fear of being the weakest link…Kohler effect.
2. Compliance – changing B; in response to direct request.
What about sport? Would you take steroids be/c the strength coach asked you?
3. Obedience – changing B’ in response to a direct command.
The Milgram Experiments – 1960’s
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Document Summary
Social media, online ads, people you want to emulate. Diet trends, people you live with, off season vs prep. When balancing, if a surface is lightly touched (i. e. piece of paper) balance improves dramatically. Impossible to separate the effect of a treatment (medical) itself from the social (& psychological) effects embedded in the context of applying the treatment. Understand & explain how the thoughts, feelings, and b" of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of other human beings. Psychology focuses on the individual, no social enviro. Sociology looks at how social b" at a very broad level (how institutions influence how people behave). Social psychology examines the impact of others on individual thoughts, feelings, and b". I. e. group project where someone doesn"t do anything. Occurs whenever one individual responds to the actual or implied presence of one or more others. Four basic types: conformity changing b" in order to adhere to accepted standards of beliefs.
