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Social Psychology

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sociology the study of society, social forces, and societal behavior
what is the diff between sociologist and psychologist? psych focuses on the individual why sociologist focuses of groups/ societal level ( external influences)
what is social psychology? the study of how people think about, influence and relate to one another. with a focus on interpersonal level ( relating to relationships and communications between people)
what are the ABC's? Affect - emotions, what we feel Behavior - action, what you do or others do Cognition - what you think
what is the quadrant of action? body, mind, social, cultural
fundamental attribution error tendency to overestimate the role of traits and underestimate the role of the situation in determining behavior
sociological imagination/ sociological perspective ability to see our private experiences and personal problems as a reflection of structural arrangements of the society in which we live
what are assumption of sociological imagination? individuals by nature are social beings individuals are socially determined individuals create, sustain, & change the social forms
ideologies sets of opinions/beliefs that shape the way in which we view and interact with the world
social relationships our relationship with our family, friends, etc.
structured pressures any pressure that comes from organizations or institutions
social categories collection of people who share the same social status
self-service bias we think highly of ourselves
hindsight bias tendency to exaggerate after learning an outcome one's ability to have foreseen how some things turned out
1st step of research methods 1. pick a topic, define scope of your research
2nd step of research method 2. review the literature, know what youre doing
3rd step of research method 3. formulate a hypothesis
what are the 3 parts to a hypothesis? 1) independent variable 2) dependent variable 3) the expectation of the relationship between the two
4th step of research method select a research method
validity the extent to which our measurements actually measure what we intend them to
reliability degree to which our study can be replicated
hawthorne effect tendency for people to work harder/ perform better when they are part of an experiments
5th step of research method define sample + collect data
6th step of research method analyze results
7th step of research method publish and share
what are symbols in social psych? culturally derived social objects having shared meaning that are created and maintained in social interactions
what is linguistic relativity? idea that people think about the world depending upon the nature of concepts available in their language
what is symbolic interactoinsim? the way we learn to interpret and give meaning to the world through our interactions with others and interactions with our selves
what is an assumption of symbolic interactionism? human behavior is not reflexive / instinctive but rather shaped through interpretation
what are the 3 tenets of symbolic interactionism 1. meaning, human beings act towards things based on the meanings they have for them 2) language, meaning is derived from social interactions one has with others 3) thought , meanings are depended on & modified by an interpretative process of person
what is role taking cognitive ability to take perspective of the other
what is definition of situation? since we all bring different values, beliefs, abilities, perspectives into a given interaction we may interpret the situation quite differently than others do
social construction of reality how we as a society construct our reality
what are the 3 stages society is contructed? 1) externalization, create cultural products through social interaction 2) objectivation, products created in the 1st stage take on a reality of their own + becoming independent 3) internalization, we learn "objective facts" through socialization
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