Psychology 2720A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kurt Lewin, Social Comparison Theory, Scientific Method

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What do social psychologists study: how people are influenced by their interpretation of the social environment. Everyone"s interpretation is different of the same situation: concepts and processes: how do the concepts fit together to lead to a particular behaviour or thought, general principles: what predicts what, applications. Social psych in comparison to other fields: social psych: the scientific study of the way in which our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. Concerned more with how people are influenced by their interpretation, or construal, of their social environment. Construal: the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret their social world. Roots in philosophy: humans are inherently social beings social contract (between the citizens and the state. The citizens agree to be governed given that we are protected) the nature of personality and identity: experience of thought, feeling, and action. Psychology evolved into a distinct empirical science in the mid 19th century.

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