In light of that, researchers are beginning to think of virtual behavior as being as serious as “actual” behavior and seek to make it a legitimate target of their investigations
With today's society, I do think that virtual behavior could be classified as an actual behavior.
Another domain of daily life that has only recently emerged is virtual daily behavior or how people act and interact with others on the Internet
This reminds me of our backstage and frontstage topic. We tend to broadcast good and happy things online and but we can act differently irl
Consistent with the idea that emotions may, in some cases, be able to trigger a cardiac event, they found that typical—in most cases even relatively low intensity— daily emotions had a measurable effect on ventricular repolarization, an important cardiac indicator that, in these patients, is linked to risk of a cardiac event.
We went over this in CPR class. It is pretty interesting.
Physiology
The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.
hey have even systematically collected and analyzed people’s garbage to measure what people actually consume
Wow, researchers go all out when it comes to studying and gathering data. I would never think people would go through people's garbage for data!
developed a broad toolbox for measuring experiences, behavior, and physiology directly in participants’ daily lives
Is this a tool still used for modern Psychology?
But it is equally important to test to what extent the levels of stress that people experience on a day-to-day basis result in them catching a cold more often or taking longer to recover from one.
This happens to me all the time! When I get overly stressed and worried about personal reasons, a couple days later I end up getting sick.
psychoneuroimmunology
The study of the effect of the mind on health and resistance to disease.
difficult to achieve at the same time
Is there any possible way to achieve both at the same time? If yes, in which cases?
Taking research out into the real world can help answer some of these sorts of important questions.
I feel like if you do experiments in the real world, you are more likely to get the more accurate answers.
conducting research outside the psychology laboratory, within participants’ natural, everyday environments, and reviews existing methodologies for studying daily life
I would think since we are studying Social Psychology, that most experiments would be in the outside world instead of a Psychology laboratory. Is this not the case?
Not surprisingly, most of the students declined—only one out of four complied with the request
I probably would have declined. Going back to the three characteristics people like to see others in order to buy something from them, that is what I look for when it comes to requests at my door. When people do that, I do not see those three characteristics.
how to laugh.
I feel like an example of this is social norms. I always see these "roleplay" skits were a boy says, "I love your laugh, it's adorable." and I have seen people try to change their laugh to make it sound "cuter" so that they get responses like that.
“Kids and grown-ups love it so-- the happy world of Haribo”.
This is an example of Social Proof? I would never have thought of that saying could persuade others to buy something.
if a colleague helps you when you’re busy with a project, you might feel obliged to support her ideas for improving team processes.
I tend to do this a lot at school when it comes to group work/projects. I will agree with other peoples ideas because I feel bad or think my own opinion is wrong.
They were also less likely to believe the commercial was staged (Ross et al., 1984).
Is this because children tend to be more naive than adults?
lebrity endorsements are a frequent feature in commercials aimed at children.
This reminds me of an ad that Kylie Jenner posted on her Instagram story a couple weeks ago. It was for a product called "Sugar Bear Hair" and she explained that the product has worked wonders on her hair. Not going to lie, when I saw the ad I was convinced that I should get it.
I call it the magic bullet, because if your audience likes you, they’ll forgive just about everything else you do wrong
It's all in a matter of looking at the amount of negatives and positives in a person. For example, if you dislike someone, you are more able to find the negatives in someone rather than good.
A trusted brand or company name becomes a mental shortcut for consumers.
In today's world, I have noticed that it is harder for people to trust companies. For example, the Apple incident. Apple told people that they did not make older phones slower in order to make people buy newer phones, but later when people had info that said otherwise, Apple confirmed that they did
buy an official-looking badge or uniform.
This happened to me once. One night when I was babysitting my brother, a "police officer" showed up at my door asking for my mom. She wasn't there, so I told the guy that she wasn't home and wouldn't be home till later. I was so terrified. He left, and then I called my mom explaining what happened. We then called the police station and we figured out it was a fake.
From earliest childhood, we learn to rely on authority figures for sound decision making because their authority signifies status and power, as well as expertise.
I personally relate to this a lot. When I get information from a teacher when it comes to a topic that is school related, I obviously believe them over my mom. Though when my mom gives me opposite information school related, I do not believe her.
Effective persuasion requires trusting the source of the communication. Studies have identified three characteristics that lead to trust: perceived authority, honesty, and likability.
What and who would be an example of a seller who is identified with these three characteristics?
It seems that the phrase "a good cause" triggered a willingness to act.
This sorta goes back to the previous unit Altrusim. It seems like these to units coincide a bit!
These are the hot buttons of the biological world—what Cialdini refers to as “trigger features” and biologists call “releasers.”
Hm, so is the textbook saying that fear can persuade us to do something? For example, if I knew that a certain assignment was due soon and I was scared I wouldn't get it done on time, would that persuade me to get it done?
we vicariously experience a sympathetic arousal that is unpleasant, and we are motivated to eliminate that aversive state.
I don't think this is always the case, some people get scared when they see someone who looks less fortunate than you. For example, I saw a study where this little girl was dressed in really nice clothes with her hair all done. People were helping her and giving her food. Then with the same girl, except ripped clothes and shaggy hair, no one would help her.
Physical differences
Hm, if physical apperances make a difference, would someone be more likely to help someone who they find in a way, attractive?
It all depends on the type of help needed.
Hm, that is very interesting but I can see their point. At first I thought that women would be more likely to help. But yes, it does depend on the situation. I think the reason I thought this was because of my personal experiences of helping others.
Lending a classmate a pencil is easy; confronting the knife-wielding assailant who attacked Kitty Genovese is an entirely different matter.
It's funny, because sometimes we don't even want to help others when they just need to borrow a pencil... So if they are two completely different matters, the assailant incident must have been terrible to witness as a bystander.
The costs and rewards of helping
The costs and rewards of helping: I am wondering if people are more willing to help if there is a reward involved? For example, if I put up signs saying that if you find my lost dog you earn 100 dollars, would people be more willing to help?
Do I have to be the one to help?
I feel like when someone is in need, many people ask this. Maybe it's out of pure laziness or they feel like someone else would take care of it. Again, there may be many reasons why we may ask this question.
Social psychologists began trying to answer this question following the unfortunate murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964
We listened to a recording on this. No one helped whatsoever. Do people help because of their personalities or if they have time?
People with a social dominance orientation are more likely to be attracted to certain types of careers, such as law enforcement, that maintain group hierarchies.
Could this also be a stereotype?
most people believe everyone is entitled to the same, natural rights.
It's amazing how people's views changed in the topic of equality. Thosands of years ago, it was true that women were the ones who were cooking, cleaning, and staying home with the children while men provided for their families economically.
your gender or race or religion.
I feel that this is sometimes I can be labeled as well. For example, when I told my friends that I was baptized as a catholic, they were making fun of me because of some of the things that Catholics study. Also, since I am a female, in gym, I tend to never get the chance to play sports.
serious consequences.
I wonder what specific consequences there are?
biases may be transforming once again.
In the 21st century, there are more social group catagories that are either being created or becoming more popular
people used to be more explicit with their biases, but during the 20th century
I do agree with that statement. People are more accepting these days
At age 4, Jessica knows that she has dark hair, knows that she lives in a white house,
These to me are more on the lines of Physical traits. Traits about how they look.
Shakespeare
Hmm, I never really thought that Shakespeare would be an example in our Social Psychology unit. Now that I read over this paragraph, I can see why he is an example.
How does a person know who he or she is?
Before I was taking this course, this question never really crossed my mind or I never put too much thought into it. Now that I am taking this course, however, I now think about this a lot and I question who I really am.