PSY 556 1nd Edition Lecture 2Outline of Last Lecture I. First lecture of the termOutline of Current Lecture I. Social PsychologyA. Definition of social psychology II. 5 Main Hypotheses for the terma. And their corollariesCurrent LectureI. Conforming to authoritya. Sometimes against other social normsII. Situations are ambiguous, so we look to others to define the situation for usIII. Often without realizing we’re doing itIV. What is Social Psychology?a. The study of the impact of a person or group’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors on another’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.b. Perceived thoughts, feelings, etc., can be just as influential as their actual thoughts, etc.i. Often more soV. What is Social Psychology (unofficial definition)a. The psychology of everyday life and experienceb. What you and your friends want to know about you and your friendsi. No one thinks “I met this guy at a party last night; I wonder what his working memory is like!”VI. Hypothesis #1a. Situations are powerfuli. Corollary 1a: Situations are often invisibleii. Corollary 1b: Known situations influence our perception of others in unexpected ways1. The situation that another person is in a. Sad face looks sadder in a funeral home2. The situation we are ina. Decisions before/after lunchiii. Corollary 1c: The history of situations you’ve been in shape your experience and reactions todayThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.VII. Hypothesis #2a. We often don’t know why people do what they do (because we ignore or don’t know about situational pressures and personal contributions)i. Corollary 2a: We are also inaccurate about why we ourselves do what we doii. Corollary 2b: Conscious experience is constructed and not always accurate1. Creates empathy gapsVIII. Hypothesis #3a. We don’t know what we don’t knowi. We’re not only ignorant, but we don’t realize that we are ignorant 1. Corollary 3a: We are built not to know what we don’t know. (We’re built not to recognize our bias)2. Corollary 3b: We often don’t know the bias in our judgments because they are made automaticallyIX. Hypothesis #4a. It is amazing that we are as accurate as we are about why people do what they do and about what kind of people they arei. Corollary 4a: Our judgments are often accurate because they are made automaticallyX. Hypothesis #5a. People have two fundamental social motivationsi. Corollary 5a: People want to be liked and have a need to belongii. Corollary 5b: People want to be accurate, consistent, and