PSYC20009 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Multichoice, Lab Report, Social Influence

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC20009
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Lecture 1 intro to psyc20009 & social psychology. Broad aims & objectives: personality: understand how people differ in their thoughts, feelings & behaviours, social: understand how social situations influence thought, feeling & behaviours. 2015 social psychology 4th ed. textbook: online modules, quantitative methods, lab report writing, feedback questions released each week (4-5 multichoice q) Assessment & hurdles: assignment: lab report, 40, week 7, first 3 weeks of tutorials used to inform, exam: multi-choice, 90 questions, 60, exam period, lectures, tutorials, readings, hurdles, 80% tutorial attendance, debate: w9 & w11, assessment completion. Relations to other disciplines: foci of social psych: unit of analysis: individual, dyad & group, general methods: scientific, analyses: quantitative, theories: couched in terms of causal, mechanistic cognitive & social processes, content & process: social. History: deep history: social psych thought to have long history, mostly not empirical/scientific, plato: crowd mind (4th cent.