Social psychology is the study of
How societies perceptions influence our own psyche
Peoples behaviour and how it influences others behaviour, beliefs and attitudes
Other people's beliefs and attitudes effecting a person's own beliefs, behaviours and attitudes
We as humans, use social comparison theory as a way to help us understand ourselves and our social worls better
The fundamental attribution error reminds us, that we tend to attribute others' behaviour primarily to their personality traits and attitudes.
Freud and Lorenz determined that agression is a healthy adaptive instinct, but
is maladaptive
requires appropriate chanelling
foundational to assert dominance
Drinking alchohol calms us down and reduces the risk of agression.
Acquiring resources, defence, asserting dominance and social manipulation are all functions of aggression.
Agression is always inevitable.
Cognitive dissonance theory
Our attitudes are acquired from observing out own attitudes.
Attitudes are altered due to experiencing two or more thoughts which are conflicting, we are then motivated to eliminate the tension.
We don't really change our attitude, we report a change to maintain a consistent behaviour and attitude
Self perception theory
Attitudes are altered due to experiencing two or more thoughts which are conflicting; we are then motivated to eliminate the tension.
Impression management theory
Which of the following are persuasion techniques? (as identified by Lilienfeld et al.)
but you are fixed
but you are free
foot-in-the-door
high ball
door-in-the-face
low ball
The IAT Test assesses levels of anger and altruism
Humans are more likely to help their kin than others is an example of
Altruism
Inclusive fitness theory
Evolutionary bias
Cognitive empathy is being aware of, and understanding suffering whilst always experiencing the same distress