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1
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What is “Social Psychology”?

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The study of the causes and consequences of sociality.

2
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Where do historians trace the earliest origin of Social Psychology back to?

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Norman Triplett in the 1890’s; he was a cycling enthusiast who noticed that people seem to cycle faster when they’re accompanied by other cyclists.

He also tested children in reeling in fishing lines; proving that kids reel in their line faster in the presence of other kids

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Which events led to the earliest developments of Social Psychology in the 20th century?

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The immigration of Nazi scientists to America; many who were influenced by Gestalt Psychology

The holocaust brought up new research and social problems

The civil rights movement / tensions between African Americans and White Americans

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Define “Cultural Psychology”

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The study of how cultures reflect and shape the psychological processes of their members

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Who was the first psychologist to pay attention to the importance of Cultural Psychology

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Wilhelm Wundt; who believed that a complete psychology would have to combine a laboratory approach with a broader cultural perspective

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When did Cultural Psychology begin to emerge as a strong field?

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In the 1980s and 1990s, when psychologists and anthropologists began to collaborate and share their ideas and methods

^This was when Wundt was rediscovered and became appreciated for his past contributions in Cultural Psychology from decades before.

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How does Absolutism and Relativism relate to Cultural Psychology?

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Most of cultural psychology falls between these two extremes.

The only way to determine whether a phenomenon is variable or constant across cultures is to design research to investigate these possibilities, and cultural psychologists do just that

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