Intro to social psychology [1]

Psy 352A/BPsy 352A/BSocial PsychologySocial Psychology

why are you here?

Who is responsible for the quality of your education?

what are your goals?

Teaching to Transgress (Bell Hooks)Teaching to Transgress (Bell Hooks)

• banking system versus critical thinking:

– outcomes of interest

• learning as liberation: to be changed by ideas

– education as freedom, exciting, engaging

• responsibility for the classroom dynamic:

– communal versus traditional

• education as self-actualization

– knowledge as enriching and self-enhancing

The angel of history does not move dialectically The angel of history does not move dialectically into the future but has her face turned back into the future but has her face turned back towards the past. Where we see a chain of events towards the past. Where we see a chain of events she sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling she sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it at her feet. wreckage upon wreckage and hurls it at her feet. The Angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, The Angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and join together that which has been smashed to and join together that which has been smashed to pieces, but a storm is blowing from paradise. It pieces, but a storm is blowing from paradise. It has got caught in her wings and irresistibly has got caught in her wings and irresistibly propels her into the future to which her back is propels her into the future to which her back is turned, while the pile of ruins before her grows turned, while the pile of ruins before her grows skyward. skyward.

This storm is what we call progress.This storm is what we call progress.

Walter BenjaminWalter Benjamin

what is social psychology?:

• thoughts,• feelings,• and behaviorsare influenced by the:• actual,• implied, • or imagined presence of others

The study of how people’s:scientific

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social psychology

P h y s i c a lA n t h r o p o l o g y

C u l t u r a lA n t h r o p o l o g y

P o l i t i c a lS c i e n c e

E c o n o m i c s

S o c i o l o g y

S o c i a lP s y c h o l o g y

P e r s o n a l i t yP s y c h o l o g y

P s y c h o l o g y

other social sciences:

social psychology

theoretical perspectives:

social psychology

evolutionarysocial learning

socio-cultural

socialcognitive

phenomenological

social psychologytheoretical perspectives and perceived causes of behavior:

evolutionary social learningsocio-

culturalsocial

cognitivephenomenological

inherited tendencies

groupforces

rewards &punishments

attention, memory,interpretation

subjectiveinterpretations

social psychologytwo shared assumptions about behavior:


culturalsocial



groupforces




human behavior is:

• goal driven

• due to the person-situation interaction

social psychologybehavior is goal driven(suatu dorongan untuk tujuan):


culturalsocial

cognitivePhenomenological

(kata hati)


groupforces




ensuresurvival

perpetuatesociety

to obtainrewards & avoidpunishments

to pursue conscious goals stimulated by the current situation

fundamental motives/functions/goals of social behavior:

social psychology

To establish social ties

To understand ourselves and others

To gain and maintain social status

To defend ourselves and those we value

To attract and retain mates

social psychologybehavior is due to the person-situation interaction:


culturalsocial



groupforces




environmenttriggers

internal states

culturaldemands onthe individual

rewards & punishments inthe environment

connection between mental representations and the environment

social psychologymanifestations of the mutual person-situation interaction

process :

Different situations activate different parts of the self

Situations have different facets - elicit different motives

Individuals respond differently to similar situations

People: change their situationschoose their situations

Situations: change peoplechoose people

social psychology: an overview

• defining social psychology

• lessons of social psychological research

• the foundations of social psychology

• how the topics fit together

• individual differences

• power of situations

• the subtlety of situations

• the predictability of human behavior

• social research versus everyday life

lessons of social psychology:

• situationism

• construal

• tension systems

foundational principles:

• behavior = person + situation + PXS

• 3rd wave

• group decision making

• channel factors

situationism:

• impact of ‘objective stimulus’ depends on..

• true stimulus = situation as construed

• tools of construal:• cognitive structures• cognitive strategies

• consistently fail to:• see own experience as construed

construal:

construal:

“I call ‘em as I see ‘em”

“I call ‘em as they are”

“they ain’t nothing till I call ‘em”

• people/groups/nations = tension systems• behavior derived from a totality of coexisting facts• these coexisting facts = dynamic fields• interdependence of various parts

• three contributions:• understand inherent restraining factors

• small changes can have large effects

• paradoxical results

tension systems:

• goals of predictions:• particular people in novel situations• people in general/particular groups

• situations/people:• complex, interactive, nonlinear systems

• lay predictions:• overestimate individual differences

• predictability?

predictability and indeterminacy:

understanding our:• feelings,• thoughts,• actions

and how they are influenced by:• the actual,• implied, • or imagined

presence of others

• affect,• cognitions,• behavior

att

itudes

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itudes

the the situationsituation

how the topics fit:

our our construal construal

of the of the situationsituation

social psychology

methods

self

Social cognition

attitudes

persuasiongroup

influence

relation-ships

altruism

typical topics:

aggression

prejudice

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theoretical frameworks:

social psychology

RELATIONSHIPS

AttitudesSelf

Social Cognition

persuasion

groupinfluence

altruism

aggression

prejudice

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