SOCIAL

PSYCHOLOGYGROUP # 4

ANA RIZO

GIOVANNI DE LEON

CRISTHA AREVALO

Social psychology is about understanding individual behavior in a social context.

Baron, Byrne & Suls define social psychology as ...

“the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of

individual behavior in social situations”.

It therefore looks at human behavior as influenced by other people and the social context in

which this occurs.

Social psychologists therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in

the presence of others, and look at the conditions under which certain behavior/actions

and feelings occur. Social psychology is to do with the way these feelings, thoughts, beliefs,

intentions and goals are constructed and how such psychological factors, in turn, influence

our interactions with others.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

SELF CONCEPTSOCIAL INFLUENCE

PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

AGRESSION BEHAVIOR

FEELINGS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AwmsfhoNp0

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

• It is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. All of

these variables are the ones we use to measure a human being.

• What is it that shapes our attitudes? Why are some people such great leaders?

How does prejudice develop and how can we overcome it?

Feelings: while the animals just act or react with impulses, the

humans use feelings to express emotions. The feelings

transform the personality , the character and how a person see

the world.

Behavior: Human behavior is believed to be influenced by the

endocrine system and the nervous system. It is most commonly

believed that complexity in the behavior of an organism is

correlated to the complexity of its nervous system. Generally,

organisms with more complex nervous systems have a greater

capacity to learn new responses and thus adjust their behavior.

Thoughts: Thought can refer to the ideas or arrangements of

ideas that result from thinking, the act of producing thoughts,

or the process of producing thoughts. Although thought is a

fundamental human activity familiar to everyone, there is no

generally accepted agreement as to what thought is or how it

is created. Thoughts are the result or product of spontaneous

acts of thinking.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkMYkXLlad0

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND

SOCIAL NETWORKS.

The advent of the Internet has changed the way individuals and groups of

individuals interact with one another and the world. In fact, an entire generation

has been brought up with the idea that “socializing” includes an online

component. Yet despite the recent technological advances in social

communication, and the fact that social bonding is a crucial psychological aspect

of being human, there are certain individuals for whom social interactions are

difficult, leading to real-life anxiety.

How social media affects our relationships to

others…

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HffWFd_6bJ0

Social media of all kinds has become such an important part of our society

that looking at it in a negative way will only set us back. We as a society must

push forward and continue to incorporate social media in more positive ways.

• In March 2013, Facebook reported having 1.11 billion active users, Instagram

reported having 100 million users, and Twitter had 200 million active users. These

numbers have experienced immense growth even in the past year alone. This just

proves the fact that social networking is a rapidly changing field, and even if we

solve the question of how current social media affects interaction, more questions

will continue to arise as these sites continue to change. So now the question

remains: Is our society really ready to harness these new social media technologies

to our advantage? Will we be able to handle it and maintain face-to-face interaction

as our main source of communication?

THANK YOU!