PSY BEH 11C Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Cognitive Dissonance, Groupthink, Monoamine Oxidase A
22 Mar 2018
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Social psychology : concerned with how people influence other people"s thoughts feelings, & actions. Social brain hypothesis places such challenges in context of brain size. Being in a group: either work together or exhibit aggression. Powerfully connected to the group they belong to. In-groups : groups to which particular people belong to. 2 conditions critical for group formation: reciprocity & transitivity. Reciprocity: if person a helps b, then b will help a. Transitivity: people generally share their friends" opinions of other people. If a and b are friends, and if a likes c and dislikes d, then b will tend to do the same. Outgroup homogeneity effect : people tend to view outgroup members as less varied than in-group members. I. e. schools think of other schools as all the same. Social identity theory : ingroups consists of individuals who perceive themselves to be members of the same social category. People value groups with which they identify and have pride in.
