PSYC 2103 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Arousal, Social Class, Norm (Social)
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The scientific study of how people think about, influence and relate to one another. The scientific study of the ways in which most individuals are affected by their social situation. Personality psychology puts more emphasize on individual differences whereas social psychology is interested in how the average individual would react to a social situation. Social psychology tens to focus more on a specific group and look at larger influences (gender, social class, ethnicity, etc. ) than sociology. Social work takes things you learn in social/personality psychology/sociology and apply it. Hindsight bias: i knew it all along effect once you know the answer it seems obvious. Ease of processing bias: if material seems easy when we first learn it, we tend to think we will remember it very well. Depth processing: the more you think about something or the more examples you come up with, the better you will remember it.
