PSYC 107 1nd Edition Lecture 33 Outline of Last Lecture I Depressed Brain II Schizophrenia III Popular and Effective Therapy Outline of Current Lecture I Social Psychology II Schizoid Personality Disorder III Social Thinking IV Fundamental Attribution Error V Attitudes Predicting Actions VI Actions Predicting Attitudes VII Cognitive Dissonance Current Lecture I Social Psychology Types of behaviors exhibited by being in groups Social Thinking Aggression Not tested Attraction Not tested Altruism read on your own Conflict and Peacemaking read on your own Definition scientifically studies how we think about influence and relate to one another Helps us understand why many forms of social influence are so powerful Peer pressure Mob mentality Norms Humans are social specie social isolation is used as punishment Need to belong biological need for companionship Evolutionary factors safety in groups survival II Schizoid Personality Disorder Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships Almost chooses solitary activities These 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 III IV V VI VII Social Thinking Involves thinking about others especially when they engage in doing things that are unexpected Attribution theory the tendency to give casual explanations for someone s behavior often by crediting others The situation situational attribution The persons disposition dispositional attribution Fundamental Attribution Error FAE Tendency to overestimate the impact of dispositional influences personality attitudes intelligence on other people s behavior Results in underestimation of situational influences Test scores Professor vs student s view Student has missed many class Professor thinks that the student is lazy Student may commute from far away Actor observer discrepancy putting yourself in someone s shoes Examples Domestic violence why doesn t she just leave Sexually abused boy why don t they just say no Cultural disparity Individualist vs collectivist Individualists are more prone to committing the error than collectivists Attitudes Predicting Actions Definition a belief and feeling that predisposes a person to respond in a particular way to objects other people and events If we dislike a person our attitude towards them will be bad Attitude actions Imperfectly due to situational factors If personally relevant and strong more likely to predict behavior Explicit things we report vs implicit attitudes unconscious feelings Actions Predicting Attitudes Sometimes attitudes follow behaviors Foot in the door phenomenon tendency for people who agree to small action will later comply with a larger one Role playing Zimbardo s prison study Gave students either prisoner or guard roles Picked psychologically healthy students Purposely induced disorientation and depersonalization Cognitive Dissonance When our attitudes and actions are opposed tension occurs We need to change something so that there won t be any tension To relieve this we bring out attitudes closer to our actions Examples initiation rites for clubs
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