1. I. Announcements II. Demo III. What is Psych? IV. What is social psych? A. Definition B. Features A.Power of the Social Situation B.Power of social interpretation (construals) C.Empirical

2. I. Syllabus correction: I.Dr. G’s office 141 Ritenour II. Work in research labs: http://psych.la.psu.edu/undergrad/researchopps.ht ml Social faculty who are still looking for help: Dr. Swim, Dr. Vescio, Dr. Gasper

3. I. Aquafina Challenge I. Do you like II. D or S III. How confident are you that your choice is better than the other (0 = not at all to 10 = very)?

4. If you ever get close to a human And human behaviour Be ready to get confused There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic To human behaviour Social psychology is all about finding the logic…

5. I. Psychology vs. Sociology/Anthropology A. Psychology - individuals B. Sociology – society C. Anthropology – culture II. Types of Psych A. Clinical psych: mental well-being B. Cognitive psych: thought, memory, perception C. Industrial Organizational: organizations and industry D. Personality: Understanding traits, dispositions, structure E. Social psychology…

6. I. Definition: Social Psychology is the scientific study of the way in which people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. A. A= affect, B = behavior, C = cognition II. Goal: to identify universal principles of human nature that make everyone susceptible to social influences, regardless of social class or culture. III. Features A. Power of Situation B. Power of social interpretation (construals) C. Empirical

7. Heart of social psych is I. Social Influence: the effect that words, actions, or the mere presence of others people have on our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or behavior A. Do better on IQ test if thought about a professor than a hooligan B. More competitive if a briefcase rather than backpack is in the room

8.  Recruited RAs who are cooperative or competitive  Played game but called it either:  Wall Street Game  Community Game  Title of game, rather than trait of person predicted play style

9. I. Person-Situation debate concerned importance of situation person A. Person – personality psych B. Situation – social psych II. Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) - The tendency to believe actions due to dispositional factors /traits rather than situational factors

10. I. Person parking a carcar A. Interpretations 1.Person is an “idiot” (Person) 2.Person frustrated by situation (situation) a.Looking for hours just gave up 3.Person in extreme hurry and had to park (situation) II. Sandusky scandal

11.  How humans will behave in a given situations is not determined by the objective conditions of a situation but rather how they perceive it (construal)  Historical root - Gestalt psychology ▪ Need to look at whole rather than parts ▪ focus on how situational context shapes meaning

20.  Raise your hand if you think that I just showed you a bunch of ducks?

22. A. Historical root - Gestalt psychology 1.focus on how situational context shapes meaning a.Pt of duck/bunny illusion  Same image – different interpretations  Examples of Construals A. Naïve realism: the belief that all of us see things as they really are, thus people who see things differently must be “biased” 1.Makes understanding different points of view more difficult  Sandusky scandal  George Carlin: “Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot and anyone going faster is a maniac?”

23. I. Basic Human Motives: A. Social Cognition: Need to be accurate 1.FAE: if believe trait caused action then think you can accurately predict behavior, for traits are more stable than situations B. Self-esteem motive: Need to feel good about ourselves 1.Naïve realism: It feels good to know that people agree with you C. These two motives often conflict A.if you are perform poorly do you want to hear it?

24. I. Do you find this research result surprising or not surprising?

25. I. Social psychologist have found that offering students money or prizes in exchange for good grades is a good way to get them interested and involved in their school work.

26. I. Social psychologist have found that offering students money or prizes in exchange for good grades can actually undermine students’ interest in their school work, because students then only want to do the work if they are going to get paid.

27. I. Raise your hand if you found this result to be NOT surprising. II. Why is it NOT surprising?

28. I. Pt. of demo - Not Folk Wisdom or common sense, use empirical research A. Hindsight bias: The tendency, after an event has occurred, to believe that one could have foreseen the outcome 1.“I knew it all along” effect

29. I. Use scientific method II. Wanna Date study: A. Which line is the best? 1.I feel a little embarrassed about this, but I’d like to meet you. 2.Hi 3.You remind me of someone I used to date. B. Are there sex differences? C. Assume all heterosexual

30.  Men are more pos. than women  Corny line works for men much more than women