Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
7 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What is social psychology?
|
the scientific study of how people perceive,affect, and relate to one another.
|
|
|
Two principal assumptions of social psychology:
|
the power of the situation, subjectiveperceptions guide behavior, not objective reality
|
|
|
Social psychology compared to other academicdisciplines
|
level of analysis – focus on the individual,methodological approach the experimental method, theory based explanations ofbehavior, the why not just the what
|
|
|
Wundt and the introspectionists’ perspective on thestudy of psychology
|
psychology should be the analysis of consciousprocesses into their elements. (his mainmethod was introspection)
|
|
|
Gestalt psychology and key assumptions method
|
perception is directed toward achieving order(finishing a shape); perceptual imbalance creates tension (abstract vs.realistic painting), perception occurs in a field of interdependent forces(yellow dots are the same color); meaning is variable, context determinesmeaning, meaning guides behavior (either a person or an animal illusion); thewhole is different from the sum of the parts (Dalmatian): focus on the wholeand can’t reduce down to its elements W
|
|
|
Lewin’s contribution to social psychology
|
behavior is a function of the person and theirenvironment; there are dispositional and situational determinants of behavior(look at environment, personality, background, you have to look at the wholebefore understanding someone’s behavior)ty1}�x�Wm
|
|
|
Current themes and perspectives in social psychology(e.g., evolutionary, cultural)
|
more of a biological component incorporating into social psych, the roles that genes play, uses principles of evolution tounderstand human behavior, cross-cultural research, multicultural researchm}WWm
|
