PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Color Vision, Decibel, Afterimage
Document Summary
The scientific study of the reciprocal influence of the individual and his or her social environment. Other people (and their thoughts feeling, attitudes and behavior are. Social psychology: a foothold in abstract theory and concrete practice. Interested in abstract factors as well as influencing others lives. Social psychology is not like chemistry or physics: we traffic in probabilities, likelihood, and correlations, rather than absolute laws. Despite the enormous variability of human behaviour, it is possible to extract some basic patterns of human behaviour. Social psychology focuses on probabilities (something that is true to degree to statistical. Better understanding on how our minds work and how they fit into reality value) Sometimes even our grandma"s intuitions are wrong! (i. e. not supported by data) Plus sometimes two opposing clich s may seem equally intuitive: You are working on a task (rolling cigars in a cuban cigar factory) with 20 other people.
