PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Estate Tax In The United States, Internal Validity, Informed Consent
Document Summary
Social psychology the study of social process; how the presence of others affects the way we think, feel and behave; social situations can be real or imagined. Explaining (and predicting) behaviour the goal of social psychology. The differences between social psychology and personality psychology: social psychology focuses on how social situations can influence the thoughts, feelings and behaviours of an individual. Focuses on behaviour of communities and groups, not individuals: personality psychology focuses on how differences between individuals influence thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Situations can often determine behaviour despite individual differences: e. g. Situations that determine behaviour can be shown through milgram"s study of obedience. The milgram experiment (the power of the situation) It is described as a study of learning. The participants are instructed to shock another participant for any wrong answers: the other participant is a confederate who never receives any real shocks.
