6. Social thinking Social psychology was initially influenced by behaviourism . (1930’s-1950’s) By the 1970’s, cognitive psychology lead to greater investigation of social thinking and feeling .
9. “ Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind.” William James
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19. “ If a well-dressed businessman draws a knife on a Mexican, the schemata of onlookers often leads onlookers to 'remember' the Mexican pulling the knife.”
52. Spontaneous & Deliberative Attributions: Example Observed Behaviour Person running out of a bank with crash helmet on, jumps on bike & rides away Spontaneous Because just robbed bank Deliberative Noticed traffic warden booking others. Bike on double yellow Lines – avoid ticket Cognitive effort low Cognitive effort high
125. Majority face minority (confederates) on a colour perception task – have to decide if the colour of slides is blue or green. The minority either consistently or inconsistently called the blue slides ‘green’. More conformity when the minority was consistent versus inconsistent.
The aim of this lecture is to introduce and discuss theories and research about social thinking, including social perception, attributions, and social behaviour. Image source: Unknown