PSY 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Implicit-Association Test, Rebound Effect, Social Cognition
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Tuesday, august 30, 2016 - intro to social psychology. Definition: the scientific examination of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another; the examination of everyday human behavior. Person x sitation interaction: person: current mood, prejudices, identity, etc, situation: who is there, familiar, crowded, etc. Trying to understand why things occur, processes, predict uncertainty about situations, removal of uncertainty so we can have a sense of control about our environment. The illusion of control: everyone wants to feel in control (avoid uncertainty, control gives a sense of confidence, we put more value in things we feel we have more control over. Hypothesis testing: if then statement for hypothesis; check these with experiments. Controlled experiments and surveys: try to recreate reality; psychological experience (ex: recreate you getting angry to see why/processes to lead to it) Mundane?/experimental realism: so caught up in the tasks that they forget it"s an experiment; act like they normally would.
