PSY 105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Selective Perception, World Health Organization, Conduct Disorder
22 Apr 2017
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Social psychology an area of psychology that seeks to understand, e(cid:454)plai(cid:374), a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)edi(cid:272)ts ho(cid:449) people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Social cognition the way in which people perceive and interpret themselves and others in their social world. Attitudes relatively stable and enduring evaluations of things and people. The mere thought effect: when people have more time to think about things they develop attitude consistent thoughts and these thoughts sometimes become more extreme. Not because there was a difference between our attitude and our behaviour: psychologist daryl bem developed this theory which minimizes emotional discomfort. So we look at our actions when we are uncertain of our attitude. People might not be honest about their attitudes, and here are reasons why: social desirability: people act a certain way in public because they are afraid of being judged.
