Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Psychological Association, Construals, Simple Random Sample

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

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The scientific study of behavior in the mind. The scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced the real or imagined presence of other people. Also includes the scientific study of how individuals o o o. Desire to understand the self and others o. Some of the most important problems are social problems, and we can help solve them. Social psychology is an experimentally-based science o o. Theories and ideas are based on empirical evidence. Researchers design studies to systematical test interesting questions. Thus, social psychology does above and beyond o. Simply discussing or speculating about possible answers: making assumptions based on common sense . The way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world. A person"s subjective perspective about what"s going on. People generally fail to recognize that their peers interpret situations differently than they do. People believe that their choices are more popular than they really are.