Social Psy Intro Flashcards
What is social psy
How social processes effect his ppl
Think
Feel
Behave
What are 3 themes in social psy
Social influence
Social thinking
Social relations
What is social thinking
How we think about others
What is social influenced
How we are influenced by others
What is social relations
How we interact with others
What is empathy
Base of intimacy and close connection
What is Narcissism
Inability to empathise
What is sympathy
Identifying with the situation that someone is in
Difference between sympathy and empathy
S : feeling FOR someone
E : feeling WITH someone
Sympathy-no action
What part of the brain is responsible for empathy
RSG
Right supramarginal gyrus
Role of the right supramarginal gyrus
Distinguish our own emotion from others
What happens when this area of the brain is damaged
Ability for empathy is decreased
What is empathy described as
u.m
Unconscious mimicry
In what ways do we show unconscious mimicry
Facial expressions
Posture
Movement
Vocal
ToM
