A.P. Psychology Crib Notes People: Wundt- "Father of Psychology": Introspection Wertheimer- Gestalt Psychology Titchner- Structuralism James- Functionalism Watson- Behaviorism; "Little Albert Study" Freud- Psychoanalytic; dream analysis; free association; structure of personality; stages of development; defense mechanisms Milgram- Obedience; Ethics Broca- left frontal lobe: associated with expressive language Wernike- left frontal lobe: receptive language Pavlov- Classical conditioning:
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Social Influence on memory of Sydney Olympic 2000 Abstract Our decision-making might change as a consequence of interacting with a single individual or a group of people. We tend to have same opinion with others when we are in a group. An experiment about the effect of social influence was conducted. 563 participants were asked to recall how many medals Australia got in Sydney Olympics 2000. Participants were given ¡¥Low¡¦ (50%)‚ ¡¥Accurate¡¦ or ¡¥High¡¦ (150%) examples. Result shows that participants
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The ways in which people think‚ feel and behave are investigated through social psychology (Kowalski & Westen‚ 2005). Social psychology is a process that examines the way in which social settings influence one’s actions. People react to others in many different ways. The way in which someone behaves or acts‚ changes based on their environment and beliefs (one on one versus group settings) and based on biases‚ stereotypes‚ attributions‚ attitudes‚ self impressions and first impressions. There are
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A scientific‚ applied‚ and interdisciplinary field. Developmental psychology is the scientific study of age-related changes throughout the human life span. Human development is a field of study devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the lifespan. The investigators who study human development have a single goal: to describe and identify those factors that influence consistencies and transformations in people from conception to death. Basic
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(P1.1) Lifespan Development Defined As the lifespan has been evaluated by many Developmental Psychologists‚ many different definitions and perspective have evolved. An accumulation of theories suggests that lifespan development can be identified as “a study of the miraculous changes a person goes through from birth until death. Lifespan development covers all stages of development and progress from the birth of a person to their death (Herron‚ 2010). Theories of Lifespan Development
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What is a social norm? Social norms are beliefs that a large group of people hold as true. They are generally unspoken patterns of behavior that are expected from everyone in the community. They can be in everything from your speech‚ body language‚ mannerisms‚ and general every day actions. How do you feel about conforming to external influences? I conform to specific social norms that have to do with manners and respect; I believe that these are the most important social norms that a person can
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caught up in the story. This film was not only entertaining‚ but it also serves as a great example of many of the theories and aspects of social psychology. Including too many concepts to name‚ the film touched on several very important theories: process loss in group decisions‚ groupthink‚ the fatal attribution error (FAE)‚ normative social influence‚ and social norms. One of the first concepts to be seen in the film was process loss in group decisions. Process loss is any part of group functioning
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group. The study was to see whether social loafing or social facilitation; two major research topics amongst social psychologists‚ occurs in certain situations‚ and the effects on a persons? ability to learn and perform. Through careful research and experimentation it was concluded that social facilitation supported the hypothesis‚ and social loafing did not. The Effects of Social Loafing and Social Facilitation in Certain Situations A widespread topic among social psychologists is the influence of
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questionable to a great extent (Ferguson‚ 2012)? Social Media is used as barometer for measuring health of online and offline relationships in almost all countries around the globe (Ellison & Steinfield et al.‚ 2007). The unchecked and unverified behavioural perceptions and expectations mislead the users‚ often. Likes‚ dislikes‚ flood of friends and comments on status updates build various beliefs about relations (Brass & Butterfield et al.‚ 1998). Social media‚ in fact‚ has put loyalty of online and
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modified and expanded. Personality is “The sum total of the behavioural and mental characteristics that are distinctive to an individual.” (Oxford dictionary of Psychology)Our perception of our identity is something that is linked to how we as individuals feel we are placed in society as the social identity theory suggests‚ A theory that Polish social psychologist Henri Tajfel (3.) developed suggesting that people naturally begin identify with groups in such a way as to maximize distinctiveness and to belong
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