PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Muzafer Sherif, Cognitive Dissonance, Gordon Allport
18 Sep 2016
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How we are connected, what is the nature of the connection. The scientific study of the way which a person"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influence by the real or imagined presence of other people. A way of knowing about individual people"s thoughts, feelings. Social psychologists are interested in the abc of humans. A field must adopt a set of values and methods to be considered a scientific field. The scientific study of social psychology developed at the end of the 19th century. Norman triplett was one of the pioneers. Influence of presence of others on performance of others. If you are not good at the task you are completing you would not perform better in front of others. Floyd allport wrote an important book on the interaction of individuals in their social contexts. World war ii increased research in social psychology. Some major contributions to social psychology 1930 1960.
