intro to social psychology [1]
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Psy 352A/BPsy 352A/BSocial PsychologySocial Psychology
why are you here?
Who is responsible for the quality of your education?
what are your goals?
Teaching to Transgress (Bell Hooks)Teaching to Transgress (Bell Hooks)
• banking system versus critical thinking:
– outcomes of interest
• learning as liberation: to be changed by ideas
– education as freedom, exciting, engaging
• responsibility for the classroom dynamic:
– communal versus traditional
• education as self-actualization
– knowledge as enriching and self-enhancing
The angel of history does not move dialectically The angel of history does not move dialectically into the future but has her face turned back into the future but has her face turned back towards the past. Where we see a chain of events towards the past. Where we see a chain of events she sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling she sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it at her feet. wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it at her feet. The Angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, The Angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and join together that which has been smashed to and join together that which has been smashed to pieces, but a storm is blowing from paradise. It pieces, but a storm is blowing from paradise. It has got caught in her wings and irresistibly has got caught in her wings and irresistibly propels her into the future to which her back is propels her into the future to which her back is turned, while the pile of ruins before her grows turned, while the pile of ruins before her grows skyward. skyward.
This storm is what we call progress.This storm is what we call progress.
Walter BenjaminWalter Benjamin
what is social psychology?:
• thoughts,• feelings,• and behaviorsare influenced by the:• actual,• implied, • or imagined presence of others
The study of how people’s:scientific
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social psychology
P h y s i c a lA n t h r o p o l o g y
C u l t u r a lA n t h r o p o l o g y
P o l i t i c a lS c i e n c e
E c o n o m i c s
S o c i o l o g y
S o c i a lP s y c h o l o g y
P e r s o n a l i t yP s y c h o l o g y
P s y c h o l o g y
other social sciences:
social psychology
theoretical perspectives:
social psychology
evolutionarysocial learning
socio-cultural
socialcognitive
phenomenological
social psychologytheoretical perspectives and perceived causes of behavior:
evolutionary social learningsocio-
culturalsocial
cognitivephenomenological
inherited tendencies
groupforces
rewards &punishments
attention, memory,interpretation
subjectiveinterpretations
social psychologytwo shared assumptions about behavior:
evolutionary social learningsocio-
culturalsocial
cognitivephenomenological
inherited tendencies
groupforces
rewards &punishments
attention, memory,interpretation
subjectiveinterpretations
human behavior is:
• goal driven
• due to the person-situation interaction
social psychologybehavior is goal driven(suatu dorongan untuk tujuan):
evolutionary social learningsocio-
culturalsocial
cognitivePhenomenological
(kata hati)
inherited tendencies
groupforces
rewards &punishments
attention, memory,interpretation
subjectiveinterpretations
ensuresurvival
perpetuatesociety
to obtainrewards & avoidpunishments
to pursue conscious goals stimulated by the current situation
fundamental motives/functions/goals of social behavior:
social psychology
To establish social ties
To understand ourselves and others
To gain and maintain social status
To defend ourselves and those we value
To attract and retain mates
social psychologybehavior is due to the person-situation interaction:
evolutionary social learningsocio-
culturalsocial
cognitivephenomenological
inherited tendencies
groupforces
rewards &punishments
attention, memory,interpretation
subjectiveinterpretations
environmenttriggers
internal states
culturaldemands onthe individual
rewards & punishments inthe environment
connection between mental representations and the environment
social psychologymanifestations of the mutual person-situation interaction
process :
Different situations activate different parts of the self
Situations have different facets - elicit different motives
Individuals respond differently to similar situations
People: change their situationschoose their situations
Situations: change peoplechoose people
social psychology: an overview
• defining social psychology
• lessons of social psychological research
• the foundations of social psychology
• how the topics fit together
• individual differences
• power of situations
• the subtlety of situations
• the predictability of human behavior
• social research versus everyday life
lessons of social psychology:
• situationism
• construal
• tension systems
foundational principles:
• behavior = person + situation + PXS
• 3rd wave
• group decision making
• channel factors
situationism:
• impact of ‘objective stimulus’ depends on..
• true stimulus = situation as construed
• tools of construal:• cognitive structures• cognitive strategies
• consistently fail to:• see own experience as construed
construal:
construal:
“I call ‘em as I see ‘em”
“I call ‘em as they are”
“they ain’t nothing till I call ‘em”
• people/groups/nations = tension systems• behavior derived from a totality of coexisting facts• these coexisting facts = dynamic fields• interdependence of various parts
• three contributions:• understand inherent restraining factors
• small changes can have large effects
• paradoxical results
tension systems:
• goals of predictions:• particular people in novel situations• people in general/particular groups
• situations/people:• complex, interactive, nonlinear systems
• lay predictions:• overestimate individual differences
• predictability?
predictability and indeterminacy:
understanding our:• feelings,• thoughts,• actions
and how they are influenced by:• the actual,• implied, • or imagined
presence of others
• affect,• cognitions,• behavior
att
itudes
att
itudes
the the situationsituation
how the topics fit:
our our construal construal
of the of the situationsituation
social psychology
methods
self
Social cognition
attitudes
persuasiongroup
influence
relation-ships
altruism
typical topics:
aggression
prejudice
social psychology
theoretical frameworks:
social psychology
RELATIONSHIPS
AttitudesSelf
Social Cognition
persuasion
groupinfluence
altruism
aggression
prejudice