Social Psychology

Name: Social Psychology
Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)

What being around people does to YOU.

Created byDr. Don J. Sharpsteen

Last updated 3/2019

English

What you'll learn

Provides a broad overview of the field of social psychology
Identifies, describes, and explains the phenomena that social psychologists study
Explains the major concepts and theories that social psychologists use to explain social behavior
Illustrates social psychology's key phenomena, concepts, and theories using film clips and other popular media

Course content

6 sections • 25 lectures • 4h 33m total length

What's Social Psychology?10:27
A brief review of how social psychology relates to other, similar fields.
Experiments12:40
What makes experimental studies so useful in the study of social psychology? How do experimental studies allow researchers to draw conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships?
Correlational Studies12:47
What do you do when you can't do an experiment? What is it that correlational studies allow you to say about the relationship between two variables? And what does that have to do with how people differ?
Statistical Significance20:07
The difference you found between the two groups from your experiment could have happened by chance (as could the relationship you found between the two variables in your correlational study). Really. Always. So,...How do you decide whether your findings might be "real"?

Attributions 13:14
Apparently, you can explain about why people do what they do...when you want to.
Attributional Bias 5:27
Sometimes you don't work very hard at it (explaining, that is).
Heuristics 14:04
No time to think? Not enough information to figure things out? Feeling lazy? Use a mental shortcut to solve your problems.
Wanting To Look Good (Part 1)5:47
Wanting to impress yourself messes with your head.
Wanting To Look Good ( Part 2)13:21
Thinking...about how to look good.

Conformity 13:19
Would you do it just because everybody else was doing it? Well, sometimes.
Norms 9:19
You know the rules! And, sometimes, that's all it takes.
Littering Studies 11:37
The effects of norms aren't always intuitively obvious.
Compliance And Mindlessness 6:35
Again with the not thinking! This time, it contributes to you doing what you're asked.
Compliance And Reciprocity 10:00
Thanks!! And, yes, I'll do whatever you like!
Obedience 8:09
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Description

“Social Psychology" is a set of videos designed to help you develop a framework for understanding the concepts, phenomena, and theories of social psychology. They're the ideal study tool for AP Psychology courses, CLEP Psychology test preparation, and any college-level Social Psychology course.

Watch this course and learn basic Social Psychology concepts & theories.

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Who this course is for:

People taking (or preparing to take) a social psychology course
Anyone interested in learning more about how and why people behave as they do in social situations.

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Course content

Social Psychology in Perspective: What It Is and How It's Done4 lectures • 56min

Thinking in Social Contexts. And Maybe Not Thinking So Much.5 lectures • 52min

Doing What You Want (and Wanting What You Do)4 lectures • 48min

Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience6 lectures • 59min

Sometimes, It's In Your Genes3 lectures • 31min

Relationships3 lectures • 27min

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