Sociology 2299A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fundamental Attribution Error, Life Satisfaction, Parking Lot
16 Dec 2016
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Social psychology: scientific study of the way that the thoughts, feelings and actions of people are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others. Philosophy: insights, the subject: difference: use of scientific method to test ideas. Two basic human motives in determining our thoughts and behavior: self esteem approach: feel good about ourselves. Justifying past behavior in order to preserve self esteem. Suffering and self justification (eg. gang initiation: social cognition approach: the need to be accurate. How people select, interpret remember and use social info. Our expectations about the social world can affect our ability to truly see reality. Chapter one: the mission and method (p. 2-12) Social psychology: the scientific study of how people affect and are affected by others. Bicycle riders did better with others than against the clock, built in competition machine. But found as the group increased, individual effort decreased.
