Social Psychology: The Hidden Forces That Shape Human Behavior
Jun 28, 2026 · 32 min · 14 segments
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Jun 28, 2026 · 32 min · 14 segments
And today I wanted to focus on an area of psychology...
I, I s- was looking back and did, like, you know, social media, gaslighting, all, just, uh, looking at headlines.
And I wanna f- 'cause social psychology is a really interesting field, and it was my first semester of undergrad, um, I think my first class was by a social psychologist, and it always stuck with me.
And it's really important, I think, because especially in the digital age of constant social comparison, I thought it'd be relevant, um, to discuss m- more the, less the, the tenants and, and principles in a few studies relevant to social psychology and how all of us are part of this just, I guess, human e- human experiment.
So made a lot of notes, and hopefully I can read my writing to be able to figure them out.
And yeah, you know, I think w- with social psychology, it, it, um, i- it's, I think it, it tries to answer a deceptively simple question of why do people do the things they do when other people are around? And a lot of us, myself included, like to think that we are independent thinkers.
We imagine that our decisions, that they're driven by logic and our values and our upbringing and our personal beliefs.
But the irony is social psychology has repeatedly demonstrated that our behaviors are influenced by forces that we, we barely notice.
You know, the presence of others does influence and change how we think.
Groups change how we behave.
Um, social expectations, they, they shape our choices.
Um, authority can influence our morality.
Uh, culture affects identity.
And I think, um, one of the thing that's, that's unsettling is th- these things are happening so quickly.
Um, so, you know, um, social psychology is, is, is really the study of, um, how thoughts and feelings and behaviors are, are influenced by the actual imagined or implied presence of other people.
That's really important is the actual imagined or implied presence.
So with that being said, someone doesn't have to be physically present to influence your behavior.
You know, just think about what I'd...
And today I wanted to focus on an area of psychology...
I, I s- was looking back and did, like, you know, social media, gaslighting, all, just, uh, looking at headlines.
And I wanna f- 'cause social psychology is a really interesting field, and it was my first semester of undergrad, um, I think my first class was by a social psychologist, and it always stuck with me.
And it's really important, I think, because especially in the digital age of constant social comparison, I thought it'd be relevant, um, to discuss m- more the, less the, the tenants and, and principles in a few studies relevant to social psychology and how all of us are part of this just, I guess, human e- human experiment.
So made a lot of notes, and hopefully I can read my writing to be able to figure them out.
And yeah, you know, I think w- with social psychology, it, it, um, i- it's, I think it, it tries to answer a deceptively simple question of why do people do the things they do when other people are around? And a lot of us, myself included, like to think that we are independent thinkers.
We imagine that our decisions, that they're driven by logic and our values and our upbringing and our personal beliefs.
But the irony is social psychology has repeatedly demonstrated that our behaviors are influenced by forces that we, we barely notice.
You know, the presence of others does influence and change how we think.
Groups change how we behave.
Um, social expectations, they, they shape our choices.
Um, authority can influence our morality.
Uh, culture affects identity.
And I think, um, one of the thing that's, that's unsettling is th- these things are happening so quickly.
Um, so, you know, um, social psychology is, is, is really the study of, um, how thoughts and feelings and behaviors are, are influenced by the actual imagined or implied presence of other people.
That's really important is the actual imagined or implied presence.
So with that being said, someone doesn't have to be physically present to influence your behavior.
You know, just think about what I'd...
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