PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Subculture, Positive Psychology, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
19 Jan 2014
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Social psychology: the scientific study of how people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour are influenced by factors in the social world. Study how people explain their own and others" behaviour: attribution, how people influence others: persuasion, how people connect with each other: attraction. Gordon w. allport (1954)"s classic definition: an attempt to understand and explain how the thought, feelings and behaviour of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of other human beings. Uses scientific inquiry which includes: commitment to objectivity and collecting data that are free of bias commitment to verifying information empirically (based on observation) Follow the scientific method: a technique for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, and/or correcting previous knowledge. Hypothesis: a testable prediction about the conditions under which an event will occur. Self-presentation: how people work to convey certain images of themselves to others.
