PY 372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Personality Psychology
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What is social psychology: definition: the scientific study of how people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual or imagined presence of others. Sociology vs. social psychology o example: aggression sociology - why is the level of violent crime higher in the us than in. Canada? (group level analysis) social psychology - does watching greater amounts of violent television cause individuals to become more violent? (individual level) B = f (p,e) behavior is a function of the person and the environment social psych places greater emphasis on the e The criticism and myth of social psychology o. Is social psychology simply common sense? no, but often feels that way common sense is subjective and full of assumptions there is a tendency to accept information as true (without careful inspection) when it seems true. Problems with common sense: not critically analyzed; need to test ideas, not stated with specified conditions.
