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Social Psychology
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The study of social psychology
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Social PsychologyIntroduction
Confederatesi people
working w thoseexpirament conductors wouttheparticipantsknowing undercoveragents
Conformitytheextenttowhich a personchangesthewaytheybehavetomatchthebehavior ofthosearoundthem
Socialenvironmentinfluences ourdailylives 8 affectshow wethinkfeel act
Abilityorwillingness to conform to socialnorms isimportantforsurvival
Interpretingthebehaviorofothers
Werelyon externalcuestointerpretthebehaviorofothers
How we evaluateothers isdirectlyrelated totheir actions
Attributiontheoryframeworktounderstandthereasonsbehindtheactionsofothers
Accuracyofassessmentvaries
AttributionTheory
2Basicattributionsthatcanbemadei
1 Dispositional internalcauses
2 Situational externalcauses
Wearemorelikelytoattributethebehaviorof otherstobe dispositional internal
We are more likelytoattribute our ownbehavior tobe situational1external
Fundamental Attribution Error
FAEexplainshowweassignattributestoourselvesorothers
FAE is aka actorobserverbias
, whenlookingatthe behaviorofotherswedon'tknowtheirpriorexperiencessituationfactors morelikelytominimizetheinfluence of
theenvironment r believethattheiractionsare a productoftheirpersonality Weassumetheybehave in acertainway b cthatswhothey
are
Whenlooking atourown behaviorwecanrememberthesituationalfactorsthataffectourbehavior weassignattributesin awaythatpaintus in
apositivelight
Selfservingbias individualscredittheirsuccessestointernal1dispositionalcauses x theirfailurestoexternal situationalcauses
Preservesselfesteem
selfservingbiascanoperateatthegrouplevel
falseconsensuseffect overestimatetheextenttowhichothersshareourbeliefs
1
Peopleassumethattheirideasopinions arecorrectsothatotherssharethem
Impressionformation
whenwemeetsomeonenew wequicklyasseswhethewe likeIdislikethem
Impressionformationhowwe formulateopinionsaboutindivivals groups
Heavilyinfluenced byinitialinfoavailable
Firstimpressionbasedonprimaryeffect r happens wlinseconds
Primaryeffect onceaninitialimpressionis formedwepaylessattentiontoinfowerecieveafter
Ex if we were given a list oftraits wewillpayattention tothefirstfewmorethantherest
Negativeinfoisgivenmoreimportancethanpositiveinfo
Conformationbiasmorelikelytoattendprocessfactseventsthatmatchourinitialimpression
1
usmorelikelyto beaffected byprimacyeffectsthan Japanese participants
selffulfillingProphecy
Whenyoubelievesomethingtobetrueaboutanoutcome r producetheexpectedresult
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