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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY How we think-feel-behave In social situations

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Page 1: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY How we think-feel-behave In social situations

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGYHow we think-feel-behave

In social situations

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Origins of social psychology

World War IIDesire to

understand atrocities of war

Work of Fritz Heider

and Kurt Lewin

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What can we learn from the Sneeches???

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We live in a social world

Established valuesExpectationsBehavior patterns

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It’s a small world

Stanley Milgram 6 Degrees of Separation Small World Project

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People need people Dr. Zilstein’s shock stop

What would you do?

Why?

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Social Comparison Theory

Leon Festinger

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Social Perception

We form judgments about the people we meet

First impressions= strong and frequently lasting

Based on limited information

Lawyers-Professors-Teenagers-Athletes???

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If we are so often wrong- why do we rely on our impressions at all?

The world can be unpredictable- Think: the Red Sox winning the World

Series-TWICEWe like consistencyWe like stable “views” of people

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How much of the environment do we actually see?

Daniel SimonsAgatha Christie

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Not convinced?

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Attribution

Our effort to understand the causes of other people’s behavior.

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Dispositional Attribution External Attribution

View others behavior as related to their internal characteristics

View others behavior as related to their environment or the situation

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Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to see other people’s behavior as dispositional (coming from their characteristics) and to underestimate the power of the situation.

This is especially true when we judge our own behavior!

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How we evaluate situations may be cultural…