1.1 Social Psychology (FSWP1-010-A)

Topics Discussed: - Why we tend to perform differently in groups. - How performing in front of an audience influences performance. - What makes people neglect their usual behaviour in a group. - Why people change their usual behaviour in a group. - What does being unrecognisable do to our behaviour. - Zajonc Drive Theory - Schmitt Experiment - Group Task Taxonomy - Notes on Articles - AND MORE!

A short summary on all of Problem 5 - Topic of authority and obedience. Includes: - Different obedience experiments (e.g. Bickman, Milgram) - Different conditions that influence obedience - Factors that influenced obedience in the Milgram study - Critcisms - Six Bases Of Power - definitions and explanations - Notes on articles

Short summary on Problem 1 - Topic: Emotion and arousal Discussed: - How people interpret their physical reactions as emotions - What the original experiment was like - How one's emotions affect their actions/behaviour Includes: - Definitions and explanations to key vocab - Excitation Transfer Theory - Meston and Frohlich (2003) roller coaster study - Notes on articles - Limitations to experiments

Discussed: - Why don't people help others - What roles does the bystander effect play - How the circumstances of a situation influence behaviour Includes: - Definitions of key words and their explanations - Real life examples of the bystander effect - Reasons for the bystander effect - Bystander calculus model - Latane and Darley experiment - Circumstances in which people may help - Model of helping behaviour - Notes on articles

Discussed: - What influences conformity - What makes us as individuals want to fit in Includes: - Definitions and explanations to key words - Asch's Experiment - Types of Conformity - Types of non-conformity - Reasons to conforming - Notes on articles

Includes: - Definitions and explanations on different types of attitudes. - Outcomes of certain behaviours/attitudes and outcomes of the combinations of such. - Multiple Theories and theorists (e.g. Carl Howard) - Cognitive Dissonance and Cognitive Dissonance Theory - Theory of Planned behaviour - Balance Theory - Communication and Persuasion - Different request tactics - Notes on articles - AND MORE!

Includes: - Information on experiments and theories by: Berry & Zebrowitz-McArthur (1986) ; Asch (1946) ; Norman Anderson (1965) ; Fritz Heider (1958) ; Heider and Simmel (1944) ; Jones and Davis’ (1965) ; Jones and Harris (1967) ; Kelly (1967) ; Schacter (1964) ; Weiner’s (1979-’86) ; - Information on attribution process and error, personal vs. situation factors, types of attributions, processes of social perception. And a lot more

Includes: - Crucial factors to increase liking and their explanations (Proximity, Familiarity, Similarity) - All 8 Models of attraction and their theorists - Notes on two articles linked to this topic - Definitions, summaries, and explanations to key words

Structured summary of the literature and the articles of all the problems lecture notes. The summary is written in English, but easy to understand for Dutch students too (coming from a Dutch student :) )