Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kombucha, Casual Sex, Natural Disaster

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Lecture 1 march 2nd, 2017 social psychology. Social psychology: ho(cid:449) does the prese(cid:374)(cid:272)e of other people (cid:894)a(cid:272)tual or i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)ed(cid:895) affe(cid:272)t a perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s thought a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, actual meaning them being around. Imagined think that someone is watching you. Social thinking: social thinking & social perception: how we think about and perceive our social world, social influence: how other people influence our behaviour, social relations: how we behave toward other people, explaining behaviour, attitudes & attitude change. Bill insulted carl because bill is a rude person: situational attribution, assume behaviour caused by aspects of the situation, ex: bill was provoked into insulting carl. I received an a because the test was easy: how do we decide whether a behaviour is caused by personal or situational factors, three types of information determine the attribution we make: consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus. Information used in making an attribution: consistency. If donald trump only calls one person names = highly distinctive.