SOCPSY 3Y03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kurt Lewin, Fundamental Attribution Error, Intersubjectivity

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Social Psychology
• Course: SOCPSY 3Y03
• Professor: Meridith Griffin

Document Summary

Seeks to understand how people think about, feel about, relate to, and influence one another. Can be considered both a science and a social science, depending on the approach taken. Applied social psychology - draws on social psychology theories, methods and research to contribute to the understanding of social and practical problems through the development of intervention strategies. All asp theories are designed with the ideal of improving individuals/societies/groups. Focus: addressing, understanding, and destroying social problems through changes in attitudes, values, and behaviours. Five core values: accuracy, objectivity, skepticism, open-mindedness, ethics. Intergroup attitudes: attitudes towards people in a group which one isn"t a part of. Forms through socialization and influences in/out group bias. Fifth goal: control - manipulating conditions to cause changes in phenomena. Ultimate goal: improve the functioning of people, and understand the nature of phenomena that concern people. Utilises a cyclical process that takes existing theories and uses research to evaluate their effectiveness and make changes.