PSYC 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cognitive Dissonance, Display Rules, Fundamental Attribution Error
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What is a construal? a personal interpretation about situations and other people"s behaviors. How do construals impact our thoughts & behavior: people"s behavior is determined by their own interpretation of the environment/people, not what the experimenter thinks it is. What is the definition of social psychology: the scientific study of the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals in social situations. Cognitive psych: personality psychology stresses personality traits, dispositions, individual differences rather than the social situation. The society/group is the unit of analysis. How are social psychological theories different from folk/lay theories: understand the validity behind folk-theory , social psychology tends to use more experiments than related social sciences, social psych theories are tested. In the west (northwestern europe & north america), independence is emphasized. In the east (asian, mediterranean, african, south american), interdependence is emphasized. Extra: b = f(p,e, behavior is a function of a person and his or her environment.
