1. How individuals affect others and others affect them
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
How individuals affect others and others affect them

2. What are some of the interpersonal dynamics in the movie Mean Girls?

3. What is social psychology?
Social psychology studies individuals in the social context.
It is the study of how and why people think, feel, and do the things they do depending upon the situation they are in and who else is involved.

4. Sociology vs Social Psychology
Sociology focuses on group factors such as race and socioeconomic class
Whereas social psych focuses on the individual (within those groups)

5. Are these behaviors normal?
Create this chart in your notes (use a FULL page):
Behavior
Context when this behavior is NORMAL
Context when this behavior is NOT NORMAL
Picking nose
Heavy makeup
Personal space
Weird handshake
Clothes backwards
Facing sideways or backwards in elevator
Eating with hands

8. Interpersonal space

14. Norm Reform – Violating social norms
This social psychology project will involve going out in public and violating a norm (perform an unexpected behavior)
You will do this consistently/follow a procedure
Ex: always break into line in front of 3rd person at MacDonald's
Compare reactions in 2 different neighborhoods, ex:
Inglewood vs Beverly Hills
Mexican vs Black neighborhood
You must be systematic (scientific) and document, analyze and present results

15. Read over your project planning sheet
Choose your group. Max 4.
Think about a norm you want to violate in public.
Presentations in 2 (or 3?) weeks.
Complete planning sheet today.

16. Norm Something that is usual, typical, or standard.
A standard or pattern, esp. of social behavior, that is typical or expected of a group
Ex: saying thank you after being served food
Ex: facing the front when in an elevator

17. Scientific method

18. Project time

19. Homework, due next class
Complete white portion of worksheet on conformity, obedience, deindividualization and the bystander effect. Leave shaded portion for completion in class.
Generate a list of social norms - behaviors that we take for granted and perform automatically. For each one, find a way to violate it, and predict how people might react.

20. College level reading
323 to 346
Potential reading quiz soon…

21. Time: Deindividualization
What happens when you remove individual responsibility or identity from a group?
One a sheet of paper, write a list of all the things you would do if you were invisible for a day. No swearing please!

22. Group role plays
In your groups, look up your assigned research or phenomenon
Act it out
Then, clearly define the concept
Thoroughly cover any key aspects of this phenomenon
6 groups –
Conformity
Obedience
Bystander effect
Deindividualization
Persuasion – 2 groups

23. Peer review: Norm Reform Planner
Page 1 – give 4 points if driving question, norm definition, table and 4 bullet points at bottom are complete. Reduce points accordingly if parts are missing.
Page points
Norm violated is clearly stated on top of page or in hypothesis
All boxed fully completed
DV (reactions) are visible and measurable and NOT vague

24. Friday – watch Mean Girls!
Watch the first 40 minutes of this awesome movie to see social psych concepts in action!
Stanford University has a summer class that analyzes this movie for it’s social psychology
Groups
Conformity
Persuasion/influence
Obedience
Norms
Answer Q’s on worksheet provided

25. Prison
Write down 5 words that you associate with prison, prisoners and the justice system

26. Stanford Prison Experiment
Philip Zimbardo
1971
Simulated prison environment
Random assignment of guard or prisoner role
Insight into human nature – how people will easily be cruel to others they see as inferior to themselves

27. After the documentary
Move to different tables for discussion questions
Share out – discussion
5 min table talk, 5 min share out
Link:

28. Experimental design analysis
Using hindsight, what might you have done differently than Zimbardo?
Would you qualify the experiment as a success? Why or why not?
Should anyone be held accountable for lasting psychological damage that resulted from this experiment?

29. Write a paragraph summary about SPE
Describe this research and what was learned from it in your own words.

30. SPE - Summary
The Stanford prison experiment (SPE) was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted at Stanford University from August 14– , led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo. It was funded by/of interest to both the US Navy and Marine Corps as an investigation into the causes of conflict between military guards and prisoners. Twenty-four male students were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. The participants adapted to their roles well beyond Zimbardo's expectations, as the guards enforced authoritarian measures and ultimately subjected some of the prisoners to psychological torture. Many of the prisoners passively accepted psychological abuse and, at the request of the guards, readily harassed other prisoners who attempted to prevent it. The experiment even affected Zimbardo himself, who, in his role as the superintendent, permitted the abuse to continue. Two of the prisoners quit the experiment early and the entire experiment was abruptly stopped after only six days.

31.
Spend some time on the official SPE site to learn more