PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Fundamental Attribution Error, Jab, Dependent And Independent Variables
15 Jul 2014
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Social psychology- the study of how thoughts, feelings, perceptions and behaviours are influenced by interactions and transactions between people. Symbolic representation of the other : come up with ideas of how we view others when they are not present. Solitary confinement- one of worst forms of torture, sometimes worse effects than physical abuse. Very large field of study: here at trent, sexuality and relationships, prejudice, socialization within the family, health psychology, social development, educational psychology, cross-cultural psychology. Social activities cannot be observed in an objective, unbiased fashion: we bring meaning to what we see, process alters what we perceive, different perceptions of the same event from different perspectives. Perceiving others- attribution theory: attributions- inferences drawn about the causes of events, others" behaviour, own behaviour, dispositional attributions- cause due to character: traits, abilities, feelings. Situational attributions- cause due to external constraints, situational demands.
