PARTNER CHECK-IN

REVISIT & REVIEW

Diverge Converge

SUCCESSES

Workload

Do-able, has been

good

Improving: Journals,

study habits,

note-taking

Participation:

In class

Forum is active

Personal Impact

Learning about self

Questioning

Positive attitude

Application to real life

Class time

Videos intersting

Group discussions

good

Meditation

Website

Finally working!!!!

Yay!!! (Emphasis added by Meghan)

CHALLEN

GES &

NEXT STEPS!

Death by powerpoint: Too much, too fast,

eek

More activites, movies, & snacks to

spice it up; Write on board More group work

Confusing lecture: Not sure what the main points are, too much talking

Clearer instruction with identification of main concepts

Simplified, and more concise

powerpoints (or just get rid of them!)

Study guides

The textbook Burn it, or read it Hope knowledge will be inhaled

through the ashes

Tired & Sleepy Lots of breaks Sleep more Positive reinforcement

Keeping up Check in with group

members, and instructor to catch

up

Use timesheet in class and after to

plan and track studying

More extra credit!

Shall we? Do yoga Bring pets to class? Do electroshock therapy?

STRETCH RIGHT….

STRETCH LEFT…

STRETCH RIGHT…

STRETCH LEFT…

STRETCH OUT!

FINGER UP!

SMILE

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

POP QUIZ

Rating Scale:

-2 Definitely does not describe,

-1 Usually does not describe,

0 Sometimes yes, sometimes no,

1 Usually describes,

2, Definitely describes

LET’S START WITH A LITTLE REFLECTION

LAKE WOBEGON EFFECT

i.e. the above-

average effect

Garrison Keiler: • “all the children are

above average”

WE TEND TO BELIEVE…

“I saw the situation accurately & independently

I saw it for what it was.

I made my own decision, by myself”

Groups

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Self Self & Other Other

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Thinking Influencing Relating

TWO THEMES

Culture

Power of situations

KEY CONCEPTS

• Attribution • Person Perception • Attitudes

Social Cognition

• Conformity • Obedience • Compliance

Social Influence

• Helping & Altruism • Attraction & Love

Social Relations

THE SELF & THE OTHER

Self • Everyone notices me

• I’m Terrific! • What I do makes sense

Self & Other

• When I do it, something caused it

• When you do it, it’s because of who you are

Other • That’s because of who you are

ME, ME, ME!

Spotlight Effect

I’m awesome and terrific!

SELF-PERCEPTION V. OTHER PERCEPTION

ATTRIBUTION

Causal Attribution: Why do we do what we do?!

Two types of attributions:

Situational Dispositional

• Attribution • Person Perception • Attitudes

Social Cognition

THAT’S SO YOU

Individualist

Collectivist

Fundamental Attribution Error: Overattribute behavior to disposition

Culture:

OTHERS: HOW DO WE PERCEIVE THEE?

Individualistic: stable across time and context Collectivist: Self changing across context

Out-group homogeneity effect • Groups less familiar with, presumed all the same

Self-fulfilling prophecy • Targeted group confirms stereotype

Stereotype threat • Stereotype can interfere with performance ad group member is worried that

performance will confirm stereotype

HOW DO ATTITUDES CHANGE?

Central route to persuasion: information is carefully considered

Peripheral route to persuasion: Context more important than message

SHERIF’S ROBBERS CAVE STUDY

LESSONS’ FROM SHERIF’S STUDY

Intergroup contact sustained over time

Active cooperation toward goal

Equal status for all participants

FESTINGER’S STUDY

EEK! I’M INCONSISTENT, I BETTER CHANGE MY ATTITUDE We find inconsistency aversive

Attitude change can be seen when we don’t see sufficient justification for our behaviors

Therefore, we determine, the task must be intrinsically valuable

Cognitive Dissonance • State of discomfort when we experience inconsistency between our beleifs, feelings,

and behaviors

Insufficient Justification • We change our attitude when we don’t perceive good enough reason for our

behaviors… it must be intrisically valuable if we are doing it!

ANY OTHER EXPLANATIONS?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg-O7f_1Ngc

ATTITUDES:

How do you learn them? • Associative learning • Operant conditioning

(reinforcement) • Observational learning

SOCIAL INFLUENCE

Conformity

Obediance

Compliance

JUST ANOTHER ELEVATOR RIDE

WHAT INFLUENCES US?

Information or the social norm?

What would happen if you everyone around you thought the emperor was wearing clothes?

Any areas in your life where you feel the emperor is wearing no clothes?

CONFORMING: THE AUTOKINETIC EFFECT

REVISITING OBEDIENCE

What leads to dehumanizing a victim?

Is compliance obedience? Why do we comply when we don’t want to do something?

What impacts the likelihood someone will comply?

• Situation? • Disposition?

WHY AND WHEN DO WE OBEY?

Dehumanizing

Norm of reciprocity

INFLUENCING EACH OTHER: FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE…

Presence effect Presence of others shapes behavior

Social facilitation improved performance

Social inhibition Decreased performance

Social loafing Work on common task, generate less effort

Deindividuation Individual in group loses awareness of self as separate

Group polarization Groups influence thinking, more extreme decisions

(or opposite with very cautious group)

Groupthink Doubts and disagreements are downplayed for the sake of maintaining group cohesion and status

HELPING & THE BYSTANDER EFFECT

REFLECT

Reflect on the case of kitty genovese.

What would you have done?

Do you think that it might be different now?

ATTRACTIVENESS

Halo effect • Ascribe positive

traits to that person beyond physical attraction

WHAT DETERMINES ATTRACTION?

Proximity

Familiarity increases liking

Similarity

LOVE: COMPONENTS AND TYPES

Intimacy

Passion

Commitment Passionate Love

Companionate Love

DISCUSS

Conforming: • How do you conform

to social norms and the like? What would happen if you didn’t?

Obeying: • When is obedience

or conformity a “good thing”? When is it a bad thing?

Authority: • In your opinion, why

do people obey authority? Is this different than other norms?

EXTRA CREDIT

Take a picture of yourself doing something non-conforming and email it to me!