PSYC 215 Chapter Notes -Floyd Henry Allport, Muzafer Sherif, Gordon Allport
20 Nov 2012
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Behavioural genetics (20): a subfield of psychology that examines the role of genetic factors in behaviour. Cross-cultural research (20): research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures. Evolutionary psychology (20): a subfield of psychology that uses the principles of evolution to understand human social behaviour. Interactionist perspective (15): an emphasis on how both an individual"s personality and environmental characteristics influence behaviour. Multicultural research (20): research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures. Social cognition (18): the study of how people perceive, remember, and interpret information about themselves and others. Social neuroscience (19): the study of the relation between neural and social processes. Social psychology (5): the scientific study of how individuals think, feel and behave in regard to other people and how individuals" thoughts, feelings and behaviours are affected by other people. History of the field future themes and perspectives.
