1. Social Psychology

2. Rayat Shikshan Sanstha's S. M. Joshi College, Hadapsar, Pune-28
Department of Psychology Prof. Shilpa Kumbhar M. A. SET, Ph. D. (Pursuing)

3. TOPIC NO. 1 Social Psychology
Social Cognition: Understanding People
I determine how I affect people
I determine how people effect me
Social Influence: How people influence each other
I perceive how people effect each other
I assess social norms
We are much more easygoing on ourselves (situation) than we are on others (inherent)

4. Understanding Others Person perception
An individual’s personal motivations are most important in one’s perception of others
I have my opinions, my goals, my own understanding of the world, and my self-esteem that I reference to understand others’ behaviors

5. Understanding Others Social Categorization
I want to understand my world fast
It is cognitively efficient of me to put people into categories so that I might understand them fast
Remember representative and availability heuristics?
That guy Jim is wearing a baseball hat, so I bet he plays on a sports team.

6. Attributions: What are the causes of human behavior?
Implicit Personality
People have traits and temperaments
I understand people based on indicators of their behavior that imply their personality
Smart people are skinny geeks who wear glasses.
Presidents cheat on their wives.

7. Attributions: What are the causes of human behavior?
Fundamental Attribution Error (Heider)
We attribute others’ behaviors to dispositions
Homeless people are lazy.
Self-serving bias
We attribute our behaviors to situations
I’m homeless because my boss fired me, but if I work hard, I won’t be homeless.