Social Psychology

Definition Overview

believing social situations affect us powerfully through direct effects on behavior and through how we judge others

social situations more powerful than individual dispositons

doesn't deny individuality, but social situations are more of primary causes

Fundamental Attribution Error

Overestimate role of individual difference; Underestimate role of social circumstances

Examples

Students explain teacher by characteristics;teach explains self by history(story)

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Things we expect to happen, happen

3 Steps

  1. Perceiver Impression Formation
  1. Perceiver Behaves Consistent with Expectation
  1. Target's Behavior Adjusts to Perceiver Expectation

Example: IQ SCORES EXPERIMENT

  1. manipulates teachers expectations of 6 students #
  1. Four Factors are changed for those students #

climate factor

input factor

response opportunity factor

feedback factor

  1. those 6 kids did better #

Example: Welding Students

  1. manipulation of teacher's expectations about certain kids #
  1. teaching is different #
  1. students fulfill expectations #

Prejudice Video

Jane Elliot's Study

Background

  1. change how kids think about it...ex. using the kid who gets kicked as a way to change kids minds #

Superior Blue

Inferior Brown

  1. Give brown eyes a color to single them out #
  1. Actions change to match this new expectation from step 1 #

Jane Talking about results

Blue eyes are nasty and Vicious Kids #