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| study of how person's thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by real or imagined presence of other people |
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| what distinguishes social psych from sociology |
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| social psych is study of the individual, not the group |
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| what three events/people historically started social psychology? |
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started by norman triplett by asking if cyclists cycle faster if racing against clock or other cyclists
floyd allport wrote book on interaction of individuals in their social contexts
World war II increased research in social psychology |
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| name the 6 major contributors to social psychology during the 30s to 60s. THIS SLIDE IS REALLY IMPORTANT!! |
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gordon allport: prejudice, establishment of society for psychological study of social issues (SPSSI)
Muzafer Sherif: experimental research on social influence
Kurt Lewin: action research, ie how we can use knoweldge and apply it to real life settings
Solom Asch:conformity
Leon Festinger: cognitive dissonance
Stanely Milgram: obedience. interested in nazis. |
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