PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Passive-Aggressive Behavior, Group Dynamics, Sociobiology
22 Aug 2016
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A definition of social psychology: the scientific study of the interactions between two or more people, the investigation of the ways in which our thoughts, feelings and action are influenced by the social environment we live in. Focus is on the individual, not the group. Personality is an important variable: define personality: stable characteristics that differentiate one person from another, also actions of others, our cognitive processes, the physical environment, culture, our emotional state, and biology. References: jpsp is a major journal, personality and social psychology journal. Situational, environmental factors: crowding, temperature, noise, humidity, ions. Extra note: types of aggression: physical aggression, verbal aggression, passive aggression. Wilson, 1975 related to functionalism of darwin and. William james: behavior and personality may be partly inherited. How does social psychology differ from sociology: social psychology is about individual, sociology is about group dynamics. Multicultural perspective: what is true in one culture is not always true in another.
