PS270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Naturalistic Fallacy, Social Representation, Response Bias
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Social psychology: a science that studies the influences of our situations, with special attention to how we view and affect one another: how people think about, influence and relate to one another. Focuses less on differences among individuals than personality psychology and more on how individuals. We construct our social reality: humans have urge to explain behavior, find cause and make it orderly, predictable and controllable, react differently b/c think differently, consistent/distinctive behavior = personality. E. g. snide comments all the time = mean person. Our social intuitions are often powerful but sometimes perilous. Social influences shape our behavior: we respond to our immediate contexts, situation makes us act iin ways that depart from our usual attitudes. E. g. decent people became nazi"s, generosity during tsunami: cultures help define situations. If you"re shaped more on socialism, capitalism etc: adapt to our social context. E. g. political attitude affect voting behavior: personality also effects behavior. Same situation, different people (different personalities) react differently.
