Unit Four: Social Context Domain Chapter 7: Social Psychology

WHY STUDY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY?

Facebook Study and Depression SOCIAL INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT BEHAVIOR: CONFORMITY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Scientific study of thoughts, feelings and behavior are influenced by presence of others SOCIAL INFLUENCE is the process

Conformity: Changing your behavior to match behavior of others Solomon Asch Study (1951)

Asch Elevator Experiment

Stanford Prison Study (1973) SOCIAL LEARNING: Conformity Conformity Pressure to change own behavior to match that of others.

conformity in an elevator

Asch Experiment (1950s) Shows how people can be influenced of actions of others in a group. Stanford Prison Experiment Asch Experiment Can the expected behavior of a social role change behavior? Milgram Obedience Study

Bystander Effect SOCIAL INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT BEHAVIOR: COMPLIANCE

Compliance: changing one’s behavior as a result of others asking or directing the change

Consumer Psychology: foot-in-the-door technique door-in-the-face technique norm of reciprocity lowball technique that’s-not-all-technique SOCIAL INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT BEHAVIOR: OBEDIENCE

Obedience: changing one’s behavior at the command of an authority figure. Milgram’s Experiment (1964) Authority vs. Personal Ethics: How far is someone willing to go in following authority?

Stanley Milgram 1933-1984 SOCIAL INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT BEHAVIOR: WORKING IN GROUPS Groupthink: Thinking of an individual that places more value on group cohesiveness than objectively assessing the facts of a problem confronting the group.

What About Living Settings? i.e. rural v. urban SOCIAL INFLUENCES: WORKING WITH OTHERS

21st CENTURY SKILLS FOR SUCCESS

Communication

Critical Thinking

Collaboration

social facilitation: presence of a person who has a positive influence in completing easy task

social impairment: presence of a person who has a negative influence in completing difficult task.

social loafing: tendency of a person less effort into a simple task when working with others. DILBERT March 2, 1996 By Scott Adams

SOCIAL RELATIONS: PREJUDICE v. DISCRIMINATION Prejudice negative attitude held against members of a social group Discrimination act of prejudice i.e. stereotype Realistic Conflict Theory Prejudice and discrimination increases between groups that are in conflict over limited resources. SOCIAL RELATIONS: LEARNING PREJUDICE

Social Cognitive Theory Use of cognitive processes to understand social world/organization

Social Identity Theory Formation of person’s identify within a social group Social Categorization: categorizing people to organize information about social group; determine/assign expected behaviors of group/self Social Identity: part of self-concept and view of self as member of a social group Social Comparison: comparing oneself against other to build self-esteem

Stereotype Vulnerability Effect awareness of a group’s stereotype has on the behavior of members of that group. “Two’s a Crowd” Self-fulfilling prophesy SOCIAL RELATIONS : ATTRACTION AND LOVE

Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love

Intimacy: closeness; emotional ties

Passion: physical aspect Commitment: decisions made of love about relationship