PSY 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method, Parallel Computing, Social Stratification
10 Sep 2015
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The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes . Talking, sleeping, running, eating, reading, aggression, reproductive behaviour. The scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. Why do we act and think the way that we do . Focuses on the behaviour of groups or societies. The ways of thinking, acting, and the material objects that together form a people"s way of life. Social psychology: effects on sense of self. Seeks to understand the causes of social thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Personality: our characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. Social psychology focuses more on how other people affect our thoughts, feeling and actions. Personality psychology focuses more on individual differences. Gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, religion. Biologically predispositioned to think and act in particular ways. Spend about 30% of our days talking. Lack of social contact or acceptance can have detrimental effects. Thinking (judgments, attitudes) operates on two levels.
