SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture 3: LECTURE 3
23 Oct 2018
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Involves explanation as well as statement middle-range theories. Frameworks that identify conditions that produce specific social behaviour formulated in terms of cause and effect: Explanation of processes by which persuasion produces attitude change specifying the conditions under which contract between members of different racial groups change or eliminate stereotypes. General explanation for a wide array of social behaviours in a variety of situations provides frame of reference fro interpreting and comparing a wide range of social situations and behaviours. Social psychology investigates the five following theoretical: role theory 2. Distributing prohibited | downloaded by arsen terzian (arsen98@gmail. com) People spend much of their lives participating in groups and organizations: within these groups, people occupy distinct positions. Each of these positions entails a role, which is a set of functions performed by the person for the group. Groups formalize these expectation as norms which are rules specifying how a person should behave.
