Notes on the Week 6 lec ctures on Soci ial Psycholog gy.

A Coursera a class by pro ofessor Scott t Plous

Lecture e 6.1. The power p of ou utrospectio on The te eacher lists s some of the t social problems that worry y people (w war, terrorism, etc). But B all of th hem have to t do with lack of em mpathy Types s/compone ents of Emp pathy
Affec ctive: Feeling g the emotion ns that some eone else fee els Cogn nitive: Imagin ning how som meone else feels f or imag gine what you u would feel in other perso on's shoes

Conse equences of o lack of empathy e

Prejudice, aggres ssion, bullyin ng, child mol lestation, ab usive parent ting

P. Oba ama has sp poken a lo ot about thi is (Two exc cerpts of c commence ement speec ches by him m. The teac cher circled himself a attending t the Presidential spee ech in the first row) thy is a ma agic bullet! Empat
Life partners p are happier People help bette er in emergen ncies (overco oming the by ystander effe ect) Cogn nitive empath hy leads to better negotia ators

Anima ated speec ch by Roma an Krznaric "Outrosp pection"

The XX X century is s the age of "Introspectio " on": look ins ide yourself. That has not work ked, so let's move to out trospection = Empathy. If f we do that, we will have e the revolution this wo orld really ne eeds Point ts of focus The e art of living g - Use empathy y for radical social change tionary, and e - But be carefu ul of arming yourself y and becoming b an a armed revolut end up dead a as "El Che Guevara a" ints of inspir ration Poi - George Orwe ell
He was extrem mely wealthy Wanted to fee el like his fellow w humans, and went tramping g on the streets s His empathy adventure a was very good for him h and his rea aders, because e he found grea at inspiration in n his journey

- Highly empha atic people te end to be

Sensitive liste eners They make themselves vulnerable

s had a lot to do with empathy as A COLLECT TIVE FORCE - Abolition of slavery

Video 6.1 This em motional life e eo on how the culture e of happin ness is ano other mult ti-million in ndustry A vide Scienc ce is appro oaching to o study hap ppiness
The Dalai D Lama endorses the studies Medit tation is a ve ery good thin ng

The se ecret of ha appiness is s that we are connect ted to each h other. Ha appiness is s contag gious, and d unhappin ness too, so al long a as there are e unhappy y people in n the world, , we still ca an reach our o happine ess potent tial

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Notes on the Week 6 lectures on Social Psychology. A Coursera class by professor Scott Plous

Lecture 6.2. How to buy happiness Happiness increases as people age There are happier people in cold countries than in Caribbean islands Interdependence is the mother of affection Ted talk with the author of Happy Money http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/670325771 Lecture 6. Attraction and proximity We tend to marry those who live closest to us Similarity: We tend to like more those who are similar to us Key predictors or relationship success
Balance Help with the house chores! Have at least five good moments per each bad moment in your relationship

Lecture 7. Where to go from here Main course themes

Psychological construction of reality Speed that social impressions are formed Complex link between attitudes and behavior Power of the situation, which sometimes goes unappreciated Value of empathy as an antidote to many of the problems we face

Social psychology is not just common sense Where do we go from here?

Reading a textbook on the topic. For example, Myers Take a tour in the Social Psychology Network Explore other social psychology organizations spsp.org psichi.org sasp.org.au spssi.org

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