PSYC 102 Lecture 1: UPDATEEDULTIMATEIBPSYCHSTUDYGUIDE (1)
20 Feb 2018
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Welcome to the ultimate ib psychology study guide! For easy navigation, use the outline feature, found in the tools section. Learning objective 1: outline principles that define the sociocultural level of analysis. Human beings are social animals, and thus have a need to belong. They will change attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours to match a group"s. People internalise their groups behaviours and schemas so as to identify with them. People have a social identity as well as an individual identity. People can have many social selves, based on the groups they identify with. Thus, behaviours are determined by membership of groups. Social and cultural norms affect a person"s behaviour. For instance, japanese tend to display modesty bias while americans display self serving bias. aa. L the two mindsets seen from different cultures are clearly opposite. Americans showed ssb, while the japanese showed modesty bias. Learning objective 2: describe the role of situational and dispositional factors in explaining behavior.
