PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Positive Psychology, Muzafer Sherif, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

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Intro, self, self and culture, attribution, attitudes attributions/attitudes across cultures, conformity, and obedience. What is social psychology: the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) study of the (cid:449)ay i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h a perso(cid:374)"s thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, a(cid:374)d behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presences of other people. History of social pyshcology: the scientific study of social psychology developed at the end of the 19th century. Norman triplett was one of the pioneers. Floyd allport wrote a important book on interaction of individuals in their social contexts. World war ii increased research in social psychology. Question: kurt lewin originated the concept of action research combining basic theoretical. Chapter 1: gesalt and positive psychology, behaviourist, socio-cultural, humanistic perspectives, social vs. self-perception, self-fulfilling prophecy, hindsight bias. Negative political messages are more persuasive than positive political messages. Is it possible to have accurate understanding of self-knowledge. Introspection has some limitations: people do(cid:374)"t e(cid:374)gage i(cid:374) it ofte(cid:374) e(cid:374)ough, reasons for some behaviours are hidden from our conscious awareness.