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Psych 350 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture I. What is social Psychology?II. True or False QuestionsIII. Video NotesIV. Social contextV. Social Psychology and SociologyCurrent LectureI. What is social Psychology?a. The scientific study of how individuals think, feel and behave in a social contextII. True or False Questionsa. People are disproportionately more likely to marry others with similar first or last names- TRUE- Drawn to things that are similar to us- Familiar letters/ sounds- bias b. People are quicker to spot an angry face in a crowd than a happy face- TRUE- Survival mechanism/ instinctc. Asking people to give you 26 cents is likely to be much more profitable than asking people to give you a quarter- TRUE- Quarter sounds more than 26 cents- More specific- Sounds like there must be a reason for a specific amount/ has been calculated out / specific reasonThese 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.d. Physically attractive individuals are usually seen as less intelligent than physically unattractive individuals- FALSE- Attractive people seen better in every categorye. People in a sad mood are less likely to help others than are people in a neutral mood- FALSE- Depressed people are more accurate about the world- Looking for ways to get out of your sad mood/ feel generousf. People in a happy mood are less likely to help others than are people in a neutral mood- FALSE- Want to stay in a good mood by helping othersg. People are more likely to be aggressive when it’s hot outside than when it’s cool- TRUE- Uncomfortable in the heat- Irritableh. When witnesses are identifying suspects from photographs, those who take their time are more likely to be accurate than those who make snap decisions- FALSE- Intuition more accurate with logic- Visual memory is more instantaneous- Over thinking it causes you to misjudgei. The jury foreperson tends to have much more influence on the jury’s verdict than does anyone else in the jury- FALSEj. Americans are happier now than they were fifty years ago- FALSE- Less tolerant when technology doesn’t work- Prices go up with new technologies- People work more now than they did 50 years ago- Social mediaIII. Video Notesa. We’re happy because we smile, we don’t smile because we’re happyb. Same goes with being angry/ frowningc. Told the subjects the experiment was testing “extra sensory perception” when they were actually testing whether they felt what they were doingd. Deception might be necessary for obtaining certain information: ie experimentsIV. Social contexta. Emphasis is on the social nature of individualsb. However, “other people” do not have to be real or presentc. Even the implied or imagined presence of others can have important effects on individualsV. Social Psychology and Sociologya. How are they different?- Sociology focuses on the group level- Social psych tends to focus on the individual levelb. How do the fields interact?- Both can help in understanding societal and immediate factors that influence


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