Introduction to Social Psychology
What is social psychology? According to your textbook, what are some big ideas in social psychology? What effect do these ideas have on behavior? Remember to include a citation and reference in your response.
In my opinion I feel as though social Psychology is learning about how people interact in different cultures, environments, around certain people, and also how we interact with each other and how things have changed and how things are changing in language and communication. In our textbook some of the big ideas are social thinking, social influences, and social relations that all apply to social psychology. Figure 1.2 on page 6 explains that in social thinking we construct our social reality and that our moods shape and are shaped by the behaviors around us, which makes the world we see very powerful because we apply ourselves to what influences us the most (Myers, 2010). Figure 1.2 speaks about social influences, which I have touched on in social thinking (Myers, 2010). It goes deeper into the social influences that shape behavior and dispositions mood behaviors. Figure 1.2 also announces in social relations that social behaviors are also a biological behavior and feelings and action toward people are sometimes negative and sometimes positive (Myers, 2010). I noticed the cartoon on page 7 the scene is a bar, the bar tender shows concern for a guy that is on the floor holding his chin, as if he had been hit. The guy behind him is trying to pick him up and three others are in front of him angry and one is yelling. The quote at the bottom says that “He didn’t actually threaten me, but I perceived him as a threat” (Myers, pg 7). Our book explains this as social cognition matters and I think that is true for every real life situation.
Myers, D. G. (2010). Social psychology (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
What are some challenges in conducting research in social psychology? Remember to include a citation and reference in your response
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In my opinion I feel as though social Psychology is learning about how people interact in different cultures, environments, around certain people, and also how we interact with each other and how things have changed and how things are changing in language and communication. In our textbook some of the big ideas are social thinking, social influences, and social relations that all apply to social psychology. Figure 1.2 on page 6 explains that in social thinking we construct our social reality and that our moods shape and are shaped by the behaviors around us, which makes the world we see very powerful because we apply ourselves to what influences us the most (Myers, 2010). Figure 1.2 speaks about social influences, which I have touched on in social thinking (Myers, 2010). It goes deeper into the social influences that shape behavior and dispositions mood behaviors. Figure 1.2 also announces in social relations that social behaviors are also a biological behavior and feelings and action toward people are sometimes negative and sometimes positive (Myers, 2010). I noticed the cartoon on page 7 the scene is a bar, the bar tender shows concern for a guy that is on the floor holding his chin, as if he had been hit. The guy behind him is trying to pick him up and three others are in front of him angry and one is yelling. The quote at the bottom says that “He didn’t actually threaten me, but I perceived him as a threat” (Myers, pg 7). Our book explains this as social cognition matters and I think that is true for every real life situation.
Myers, D. G. (2010). Social psychology (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
What are some challenges in conducting research in social psychology? Remember to include a citation and reference in your response
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