PSYC 241 Midterm: Mid term Exam Review.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 241
• Professor: Tara Mac Donald

Document Summary

Chapter 1/week 1: (social thinking, social influence, social relations) Social psychology- the scientific study of how people think about, influences, and relate to one another: social beliefs can be self-fulfilling (how we construe a situation, how the social environment influences behaviour. Role of research in social psychology: difference between facts, theories, hypotheses, theory: an integrated set of principles that explain and predicts observed events, hypothesis: a testable proposition that describes a relationship that may exist between events. Test a theory on which they are based. Give research direction: facts: agreed-upon statements that we observe. Theories are ideas that summarize and explain facts: a good theory. Social thinking: we construct our social reality, our social institutions are powerful, sometimes perilous. Social influences: social influences shape behaviour, dispositions shape behaviours. Social relations: social behaviour is also biological behaviour, relating to others is a basic need. Applying social psychology: social psychology"s principle"s are applicable to everyday life.