PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 12 Outline Social Psychology
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What is social psychology: social psychology: study of how a person"s thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the real, imagined, or implied presence of others. What is compliance and what are some ways to induce it: compliance: changing one"s behavior as result of other people directing or asking for the change. How are attitudes formed: direct contact with person, situation, object, or idea, direct instruction from parents or others, vicarious conditioning: watching the actions and reactions of others to ideas, people, Interacting with other people who hold a certain attitude objects, and situations. What is persuasion: persuasion: one person tries to change belief, opinion, position, or course of action of another person through argument, pleading, or explanation, key elements: source of message, the message itself, and the target message. What are social cognition and impression formation: social cognition: the mental processes that people use to make sense of the social world around them.
