Social Cognition The topics in this chapter are: basic cognitive abilities and social cognition; social knowledge structures and social beliefs; causal attributions; motivation and social process goals; personal control; social situation and social competence. Introduction this chapter will consider how the social context is involved in our cognitive processes and will take a closer look at how our basic cognitive abilities influence our social cognitive processing. Also will examine the four
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-1Social psychology – the scientific study of how a person’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior are influenced by the real‚ imagined‚ or implied presence of others. • Social influence - the process through which the real or implied presence of others can directly or indirectly influence the thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior of an individual. • Conformity - changing one’s own behavior to match that of other people. • Groupthink - kind of thinking that occurs when people place more
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Social Psychology: Bringing It All Together PSY 301 Sarah Koerner-Jordan October 22‚ 2012 Franchelle Guy Social Psychology: Bringing It All Together Social psychology is the scientific study of human thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior as they relate to and are influenced by others (Feenstra‚ 2011). It is a broad field that covers a variety of topics. Social psychologists study a variety of topics‚ including views of the self‚ persuasion‚ attraction‚ and group processes. Researchers
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STRESS (chapter 12) 1 What are Corticosteroids and what is their function? Stress hormone that activates the body and prepares us to respond to stressful circumstance 2 What is the Hassles Scale (Folkman & Lazarus)? With what outcomes is it associated? The Hassles Scale measures how stressful events‚ ranging from small annoyances to major daily pressures‚ impact our adjustment. 3 Who is Hans Selye? What is the General Adaptation Syndrome and what happens at each stage? What is the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal
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weapons of mass destruction‚ committing murders‚ and torture. A simplistic view of evil is that some people are just “bad apples” and that their actions are dispositional. However‚ there are many other factors that contribute to what makes people do evil acts. The social psychology concepts of obedience‚ power‚ and the fundamental attribution error are explored throughout this paper through case studies of the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ the Jonestown cult‚ and the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghriab.
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“The Departed” and its theories The movies describes a major theme of “The Departed” as one of the oldest in drama—the concept of identity—and how it "affects one’s actions‚ emotions‚ self-assurance‚ and even dreams.” Many years later‚ an older Sullivan‚ now in his mid twenties‚ (Matt Damon) is finishing his training for the Massachusetts State Police with classmates‚ including fellow cadet Barrigan (James Badge Dale). In another class are Cadet Brown (Anthony Anderson) and Billy Costigan (Leonardo
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the common mistake of fundamental attribution error (FAE)‚ expectancy theory‚ as well as operant conditional theory. This essay will explain how these three things can potentially bring down an entire company very quickly. First we will look at FAE and how it relates to the Portman Hotel. To find an example of FAE located in The Portman Hotel case‚ we must first define what FAE exactly is. Fundamental Attribution Error is the tendency to over-value dispositional or personality-based explanations
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Festinger developed a cognitive dissonance theory that exclaimed people feel uncomfortable with inconsistency in their actions and morals and will work to either alter their actions or their opinions to reconcile this dissatisfaction. Avoiding scenarios that exacerbate these feelings is a tactic used to reduce dissonance. The more challenging the changes from a decision someone makes or the more “irreversible” a decision seems‚ rises the likelihood of someone rationalizing the decision. For example
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diversity: White individuals’ information processing in heterogeneous groups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology‚ p. 44‚ 1129-1136 Sommers‚ S Sommers‚ S. R.‚ & Ellsworth‚ P.C. (2000). Race in the courtroom: Perceptions of guilt and dispositional attributions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin‚ p. 26‚ 1367-1379. Sommers‚ S.R. (2006). On racial diversity and group decision-making: Identifying multiple effects of racial composition on jury deliberations. Journal of Personality and Social
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and the challenges they pose for managers; Emerging Organisations: Effective response to challenges. Perception‚ Attribution and Shaping Attitude –Some Linkages between Perception and Organisational Outcomes‚ Defining Perception‚ Elements of Perception‚ Explaining People’s Behaviour: Attribution Theory in Social Perception ;Factors limiting the accuracy of Perception and attribution‚ Introduction: What are attitudes‚ Job satisfaction and Organizational Commitment-Two of the Most researched work
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