Sociology, social psychology. --- .This section is about social psychology. Topics include: ( ) Brainwashing. --- 1/24/2006
Sociology, social psychology. --- (1) Mind patterns. (2) Behavior patterns: personal patterns, and social patterns. (3) Found out or learned from society vs. figured out by self. Good vs. bad. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- (1) Psychic defenses, personal armor. (2) Personal weapons: used defensively and used offensively. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- (1) What you think and feel about other people. (2) What other people think and feel about you. --- 5/15/2004
Sociology, social psychology. --- Attraction: what causes it? Liking is based on similar direction and similar level. Similar values and standards. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Attributing = guessing. We do it in all relationships all the time because we can't get in their heads. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Body language. Its not just body language, its also thinking with the body. People communicate with their bodies, and people also think with their bodies. A person thinks with their entire body. --- 3/31/2006
Sociology, social psychology. --- Brainwashing and indoctrination techniques. Breakdown and rebuild. Empty out and refill. Tell it to Humpty Dumpty. Sometimes people stay broken. --- 4/6/2000
Sociology, social psychology. --- Brainwashing by (1) Military, school, church, family. (2) Explicit (say directly) vs. implicit (implied in words or actions). (3) Overt (openly) vs. covert (hidden). (4) Consciously doing it vs. unconsciously doing it. (5) Conscious recipient (know it is being done to you, or tried) vs. unconscious recipient (unaware it is tried to or actually being done). --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Brainwashing. (1) Brainwashing defined as hypnosis does not exist. Because they say you cannot force a hypnotized person to do something against their will. (2) Brainwashing defined as inducing a nervous breakdown does exist. This is brainwashing as destroying the will. This is brainwashing as inducing learned helplessness. --- 4/29/1999
Sociology, social psychology. --- Brainwashing. (1) Forcing their ideas vs. preventing your ideas. (2) Methods: weaken mind and body through no food, little sleep, much work, and pressure. (3) Why does it work: some people want to give up, give in, and be told what to think, feel, and do. (4) Who is susceptible. (A) Those who can't think well. (B) Those without a strong core of ideas. (C) Those without a strong, coherent personality. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Brainwashing. How big the lie. How susceptible the audience. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Brainwashing. How forceful the message. How frequent the message. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Brainwashing. Turning someone into a zombie. Prisoners, submissives, school kids, soldiers in boot camp, religious novices, slaves, etc. Taking away their will and their ability to think and act for themselves. Learned helplessness. This phenomena is more common than thought, and more destructive than thought. --- 11/20/1997
Sociology, social psychology. --- Coercion. Using reward or punishment to get people to accept ideas or perform actions. --- 11/25/2001
Sociology, social psychology. --- Effects of the group on the individual, for good or bad. Family, school, job and community can either (1) Put heavy pressures on an individual, or (2) they can respect the freedom of choice of the individual, and respect the diversity of views of individuals. --- 5/20/1999
Sociology, social psychology. --- Emotional bonding, types and causes. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Emotional need for others. Emotional addiction for others, especially when under stress vs. healthy emotional need. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Emotional needs. What emotion needed (respect, love, friendship, etc). How much emotion need, for what reasons, from whom. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Extroverted vs. introverted. Closed vs. open --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- How does society shape the individual? What are the unexamined assumptions that we pick up from society? --- 10/10/2004
Sociology, social psychology. --- How much will a society or environment (1) Destroy your spirit. (2) Destroy your mind. (3) Destroy your body. (4) Change it for worse. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Individual imposing on others vs. individual being imposed on. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Individual thoughts on what groups belongs to, why. How much belongs. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Ingratiation. Popularity contests. Mutual admiration societies. Psychological pyramid schemes of people trying to please each other can inflate and then burst like a stock market bubble. --- 3/20/2007
Sociology, social psychology. --- Interactions, causes and effects. Of individuals in a group on each other. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Like/hate levels. (1) Not attracted. (2) Not getting along. (3) Not messing with each other intentionally. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Needs. (1) What people want from a relationship. (2) What they think they want. (3) What they say they want. (4) Variance between the three. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Needs. We need and get different things from different people. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Perceptions. Two people see same object with (1) Different mental categories. (2) Different ethical systems. Competing self interests. (3) Inability to understand other persons perception, even when communicated. (4) Inability to agree even if they understand. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Persuasion. Social pressures: by who to do what, how pressured. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Resistance vs. impressionability and susceptibility. To manipulate and influence vs. be manipulated and influenced. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Self control in social relationships. Up tight and repressed vs. focused on getting goals vs. let it all hang out. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Self control. How much a person controls what they show, tell, and do with another person. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Self control. In control of self vs. out of control of self. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Social attention, two aspects of. The desire to get attention from others. The desire to give attention to others. --- 2/19/2000
Sociology, social psychology. --- Social interaction and mental health are vitally connected. How I conduct my social relationships. (1) If I go for it (assert) (attack). (2) If I protect myself (defense). (3) Both are important and necessary. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Social interaction. (1) Metaphysical perceptions. What is situation? Who are you and me? What is our relationship? (2) Ethical perceptions. Is this good or bad? What should I do in response? Get goals. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Social pressures on individual. Messages to individual. Power to resist. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Socialization, teaching (mind), forcing (body), propaganda, social pressure, brainwashing, propaganda, indoctrination, rhetoric. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Society can hinder you, trap you, and limit you. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Society's influence on our (1) Psychology. (2) Behavior (words and actions). --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Some people will remember your best. Some people will remember your worst. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Total like or dislike = sums and weights on all subjects. At some point it goes from coming together to moving apart; friend to foe. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- Types of individuals by social aspects. Loners vs. social butterflys vs. clique ers. --- 12/30/1992
Sociology, social psychology. --- What are the elements of social psychology? (1) Social awareness. How aware the person is that they live in a social world. (2) Social knowledge. How knowledgeable is the person about social situations and social interactions. (3) Social emotions. How developed is the person's social emotions. (4) Social memory. How much and how often does the person remember their past social interactions. (5) Social ethics. How developed is the person's sense of social ethics? (6) Social behavior. How often does the person interact with others? How well does the person's social interactions go? What social skills does the person possess? How politically aware is the person? How socially aware is the person? How socially aware and skilled is the person on the micro level, which involves personal relationships. How socially aware and skilled is the person on a macro level, which involves society. --- 11/25/2004
Sociology, social psychology. --- Who knows you? Nobody knows you. Everybody knows you. You will eventually realize that nobody will ever understand all of you. You will eventually realize that everybody understands some part of you. --- 3/18/2007
Sociology, social psychology. --- You go through life. You meet people. You form various opinions of people based on what you value compared to what the other person values. Questions you ask about the other person include: What is the person into? Where is the person's head at? What does the person value? What does the person want or desire, i.e., what motivates the person? --- 3/27/2007
Sociology, social psychology. --- You make guesses about who the other person is. Over time, with more observation, interaction, communication, you know better who the person is. Your guesses, your opinions, get closer to the actuality. You begin to ascertain the person's philosophy, that is, the person's views on the fundamental questions of life. --- 3/30/2007