Chapter 15: Psychology in Our Social Lives
Learning Objectives
- Review the principles of social cognition, including the fundamentals of how we form judgments about other people.
- Define the concept of attitude and review the ways that attitudes are developed and changed, and how attitudes relate to behaviour.
- Summarize the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to human altruism.
- Provide an overview of the causes of human aggression.
- Explain the situations in which people conform to others and their motivations for doing so.
- Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of working together in groups to perform tasks and make decisions.
- Review the factors that increase group productivity.
