SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY How we think-feel-behave In social situations.
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGYHow we think-feel-behave
In social situations
Origins of social psychology
World War IIDesire to
understand atrocities of war
Work of Fritz Heider
and Kurt Lewin
What can we learn from the Sneeches???
We live in a social world
Established valuesExpectationsBehavior patterns
It’s a small world
Stanley Milgram 6 Degrees of Separation Small World Project
People need people Dr. Zilstein’s shock stop
What would you do?
Why?
Social Comparison Theory
Leon Festinger
Social Perception
We form judgments about the people we meet
First impressions= strong and frequently lasting
Based on limited information
Lawyers-Professors-Teenagers-Athletes???
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
How much of the environment do we actually see?
Daniel SimonsAgatha Christie
Not convinced?
Attribution
Our effort to understand the causes of other people’s behavior.
Dispositional Attribution External Attribution
View others behavior as related to their internal characteristics
View others behavior as related to their environment or the situation
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!
How we evaluate situations may be cultural…
