CAS PS 261 Lecture Notes - Fall 2018 Lecture 1 - Social psychology, Self-esteem
10 Sep 2018
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How to resolve social problems: individual and social level. Reducing international conflict: effects on children due to warfare and adding a global perspective to reduce conflict. Approaching things from the mentality through us v/s them. Reducing prejudices and racism: studying legal procedures that result in exclusion of (cid:373)i(cid:374)orities, people s fear of diversit(cid:455) (cid:894)i(cid:373)(cid:373)igratio(cid:374)(cid:895), se(cid:454)is(cid:373) etc. Increase conservation and access to natural resources: creating different ways to teach kids about evolution etc. An overlap in social and clinical psychology: decreasing signs of depression, increasing feelings of self-esteem, and confidence etc. Level of analysis: assessment is at the individual level. The way people perceive, interpret and comprehend the world.
