Psy 393 myers - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSY 393 - MYERS, Social Psyc, Chp 6 outline-notes. Group Influence Chapter 8: Group Influence What is a Group? • "two or more people who interact and influence one another" • perceive themselves as "us" (not "them") TEST YOURSELF: Which of these are "groups"? • people waiting at a bus stop • people who have waited all night in line for concert tickets • a class of students waiting for a late professor • a committee in student government • people waiting in line...

PSY 393 - MYERS, Social Psyc, Chp 13 outline-notes. Conflict & Peacemaking Chapter 13: Conflict and Peacemaking OVERVIEW: Conflict is a perceived incompatibility of actions or goals. Social dilemmas such as nuclear arms, global warming, and overpopulation occur as various parties pursue their self-interest to their collective detriment. The Prisoner’s Dilemma and the games have been used to study how well-meaning people easily become trapped in mutually destructive behavior. Tragedy...

PSY 393 - MYERS, Social Psyc, Chp 6 outline-notes-Conformity and Obedience Public conformity involves doing or saying what others around us say or do; private acceptance involves coming to feel or think as others do. Greater conformity occurs in collectivist societies, while greater individuation occurs in individualistic societies. The foot-in-the-door technique is a procedure for gaining compliance by first securing compliance with a small request, then escalating to a larger one. T...