PSY E240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psych, Milgram Experiment, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Document Summary
Theory that proposes objects are viewed historically. Importance of looking at the whole object and how it appeared in people"s minds, as opposed to looking at specific objective parts of the object. Sometimes experience more than what is supplied by our sensory perception. Sensory explanation organizing our experience is how we make sense of the world. Kurt lewin founder of modern social psych was trained in the gestalt approach. Milgram experiment power of authority in leading. 6 virtues: wisdom and knowledge (creativity, curiosity, courage (persistence, integrity, humanity (love, kindness, justice (citizenship, fairness, temperance (forgiveness, humility, transcendence (hope, spirituality) Hindsight bias the tendency to see a given outcome as inevitable once the actual outcome is known. Reverse causality refers to two factors that are related in precisely the opposite direction than is hypothesized. Personality psychology focuses on the role of individual differences. Personality psychologists emphasizes how peoples individual differences influence their attitudes, thoughts, and behaviour.
