PSYCH 221 Study Guide - Final Guide: Shooting Of Amadou Diallo, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Statistical Inference
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Set up experiment to understand situation of genovese. Kids talking with headphones one pretends to start to have seizure. Personality psychology vs. social psychology personality of person. Stabbed to death on the streets of nyc in front of almost 40 witnesses. Social psychology can get shy person to dance. Latene & darley (1968) reactions of kids on the other end of the headphones. Social influence is more powerful than we think. Social psychology: the scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. Life is thought of as a series of (+) and (-) events that teach us how to behave. We can learn through rewards and punishments, however it is much more complicated than that. We are all influenced by our environment. i. e. trends, fashions. We are all influenced by one another. i. e. rewarded for doing certain things like studying.
