socialpsych

socal psychology

scientific study of the way in which people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people.

social influance

covering the mouth when sneezing

social cognition

how people think about themselves and the social world

previous theries and research

Study/ theory may be wrong? replicate study or test alternative reasons

personal observation

dont want people to know you are watching them.

observational method

A researcher observes people and systematically records measurements of impressions of their behavior (how much aggression do children exhibit during school resses)

correlational method

two or morevariables are systematically measured one can be prdicted from the other ( correlations between tv and childhood argesiveness)

experimental metjod

researchers randomly assign participants to diff conditions all identical except IV

institutional review board

protects the safety and dignity of participants must review and approve all rsearch before conducted

social perception

the study of how we form impressions of and make inferences about people

nonverbal communication

smiling, frown, and hand guestures

six major emotional expressions

facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body positions and movement, use of touch, gaze

display rules

culturally determined rules about which nonverbal behaviors are behaviors are approriate to display

emblems

non-verbal gestures that have well-understood definitions within a givien culture

internal attribution

higher power pose attribution from the inside attitude character or personallity

external attribution

person is behaving a certain way because of a situation (relationships status changing how you act in the relastionship)

covariation model

consensis consistant , distiguishment to form an attribution about what caused

fundamental attribution error

self serving bias

belif in a just world

you reep what you so