Question

It might be said that many social psychological processes can be both automatic and occur without effort and controlled, effortful and intentional. Explain how this is true by giving at least one example of a social psychological process that can be both automatic and controlled.

Answer 1

The social psychological process is essential for major social activities, such as human relations, public administration, and justice. Social psychology therefore has a central role in social and social policy. It describes and provides evaluation of human conduct and our society's process. Examples of automatic psychological process like automatic inclination – the inclination to act just in case it is the rational choice (affective aspects) and automatic love, as in love at first sight (inference to cause). Characterizing intentional actions as choices are the rational thinking part of human reasoning.These are the three types of automatic thoughts – emotion, habit and automatic thought.These are the ways of creating the unconscious mental structures as well as, controlling them and of creating an impression which may leads to an action. Recent research shows that many of our decisions and actions are generated with little consciousness and awareness. For example-the parent had to exercise their control over the child to maintain the interaction and the impression of control.