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

2. Group Must have four characteristics to be considered a group:
Common goal
Interdependence of members
Patterned behavior/structure
Perceived “groupness”

3. College level reading

4. Personality unit test Friday (#2)
Humanists
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
Trait theories
MBTI
Big 5
Projective tests
Rorschach inkblot
TAT
Sentence completion

5. What is social psychology?
Social psychology is a branch of psychology that 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.

6. 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)

7. Norm Reform – Violating social norms
Unit 9 project will involve going out in public and violating a norm.
That is, performing 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
Santa Monica vs Venice
You must be systematic (scientific) and document, analyze and present results

8. 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

9. Homework, due Friday Finish Mean Girls worksheet
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.
Read page 323 – 327 (due WEDNESDAY)

10. Mean Girls
Watch this awesome movie to see social psych concepts in action!
Groups
Conformity
Persuasion/influence
Obedience
Norms
Answer Q’s on worksheet