PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Kurt Lewin, Naturalistic Fallacy, Social Neuroscience
18 Mar 2013
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What is social psychology scientific study of how people think about, influence, relate to one another social thinking (perceive ourselves and others), influence (culture, persuasion), relations (helping, prejudice, attraction) Behavior is a function of the person and the situation (kurt lewin) Social thinking: we construct our social reality. Social influences: social influences shape behaviour power of a social situation leads us to act in ways that depart form our espoused attitudes situations matter. Influences from culture- how you define beauty, social justice as equity or equality: personal attitudes and dispositions also shape behaviour inner attitudes e. g. attitude towards the poor influence our willingness to support them, political attitude influences voting behaviour. Social psychology applies to everyday life nor to answer questions related to destiny, meaning of lifeetc. but it is about life, beliefs, attitudes, and relationships social psychology is more general, less on the individuals. Our social representations help us make sense of our world. social representations: socially shared beliefs.
