PSYC 2310 Lecture : Psych 2310.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Man is by nature a social animal- aristotle. When people engage in certain behavior we try and make sense of their behavior. Our life is connected to other humans by thousands of threads. What we do is to try and understand these connections. The scientific study of the way in which a person"s thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influence by the real or imagined presence of other people. A field must adopt a set of values and methods to be considered a scientific field. Scientific method is a systematic observation, description and measurement. The scientific study of social psychology developed at the end of the 19th century. Allport-studied prejudice, establishment of the society for the psychologics. Sherif-study of social issues, experimental research on social influence. Self is the active agent (you make decisions for yourself) Self knowledge is obtained from others but it is heavily filtered through biases from others. Self knowledge is the most complete form of knowledge available.