Exam (elaborations) Psy11

**Key Concepts**: - **Social Influence**: This concept explores how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the presence of others. It includes conformity, compliance, and obedience. - **Social Perception**: Focuses on how we form impressions of and make inferences about other people. - **Attitudes**: Studies the evaluation of people, objects, or ideas. Attitudes can influence behavior. - **Group Dynamics**: Examines how individuals behave in groups, including topics like group polarization and groupthink. Research Methods**: Social psychologists use a variety of research methods such as experiments, surveys, and observations to study social behavior and interactions. Applications**: Social psychology findings are applied in various fields like marketing, politics, education, and counseling to understand and influence human behavior in social contexts.