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• Who is the instructor for the Social component of Psych 112?

  Dr. Jackie Hunter
• How long does the Social component of Psych 112 run?

  3 weeks
• When does the Social component of Psych 112 begin?

  15-9-2024
• What is the course text for Psych 112?

  ‘Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour by Passer and Smith (2019)’
• Which chapters of the course text are primarily covered in the lectures?

  Chapter 13 (pages 504-508 and p. 511) and chapter 17
• What topics are covered in Lectures 7 and 8?

  The Stanford Prison Experiment and the Milgram Obedience Experiment
• What pages of the course text cover the Stanford Prison Experiment?

  Pages 695-696 and p. 713
• What pages of the course text cover the Milgram Obedience Experiment?

  Pages 706-710 and p. 736
• What are the main topics covered in the introduction to Social Psychology?


  • Freud and Psychoanalysis
  • Attitudes and Attitude Change
  • Attribution
  • Interpersonal Attraction
  • Social Influence
  • Zimbardo Prison Experiment
  • Milgram Obedience Studies
  • Prejudice

  
• What are the key components of Social Psychology as defined by McKnight & Sutton (1994)?

  • Understanding, explaining, and predicting thoughts, feelings, and actions
  • Influence of perceived, imagined, or implied thoughts, feelings, and actions of others

  
• Who argued that "man is by nature good and only institutions make him bad"?

  Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Who argued that "man is by nature solitary, poor, nasty, and brutish"?

  Thomas Hobbes
• What is the significance of debates and dialogues in social psychology?

  They are a strength that leads to new ideas and syntheses
• What are the approaches to social psychology?

  1. Cognitive
  2. Learning
  3. Motivational
  4. Biological
  5. Cultural
• What does the cognitive perspective in social psychology emphasize?

  How perception affects behavior
• What does the learning perspective in social psychology focus on?

  Principles of reinforcement and imitation
• What does the motivational perspective in social psychology emphasize?

  Basic human needs
• What does the biological perspective in social psychology emphasize?

  Evolutionary past and genetic disposition
• What does the cultural perspective in social psychology emphasize?


  How culture affects social behavior
• What are the four levels of analysis in social psychology?

  1. Intra-personal level
  2. Inter-personal level
  3. Inter-group level
  4. Societal level
• What does the intra-personal level focus on in social psychology?

  What goes on inside the person
• What does the inter-personal level focus on in social psychology?

  Interactions between two people
• What does the inter-group level focus on in social psychology?

  Group level behavior
• What does the societal level focus on in social psychology?

  Cultural effects on behavior
• Which thinker is most likely to argue that society can make people do ‘bad’ things?

  Thomas Hobbes