PSYA02H3 Final: Psychology Chapter 13 - Exam Prep.docx
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13. 1 - the power of the situation: social influences on behaviour. Kurt lewin was the key founder of social psychology, expressed this insight as. Mimicry: mimicry is taking on for ourselves the behaviours, emotional displays, & facial expressions of others (key to learning - social glue, sometimes used to it in_ It happens w/i our unconsciousness - implicit processes of attention, perception, emotions, & behaviour in social psychology to the neural systems such as neurotransmitters. If someone jumps out the window, would you do the same? : social norms are the (usually unwritten) guidelines for how to behave in social contexts. Group dynamics: social loafing & social facilitation: social loafing occurs when an individual puts less effort into working on a task with others (tug of war more details in lecture, low efficacy beliefs. Occurs when task is too complex people don"t know where to start.
