PSY-0013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Psychology, Personality Psychology, Hindsight Bias
23 Dec 2015
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Psychology? (cid:1) and behave in a social context. Social psychology: the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, Social context: real or imagine presence of other people; unique to social psychology what would my mom think of me? (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) The social construction of reality: the way a person construes a person/situation dictates thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Dual determinants of behavior: person x situation = behavior. Real power of the situation: situations (context) have a large yet under acknowledged influence on your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors: over-emphasize individual self & personality. Comparison to other fields different, yet intersect. Unlike sociology, social psychology looks at the individual rather than society. Unlike clinical psychology, social psychology looks at normal behavior rather than abnormal. Unlike cognitive psychology, social psychology looks at how one makes sense of people rather than objects. Unlike personality psychology, social psychology looks at situations rather than traits (disposition)
