[PSYC 2310] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (16 pages long!)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

We depend on being accepted by others. You behave differently in a crowd than if you"re alone. You"re different with your group of friends rather than with your sibling. We can even just imagine other people and that has an impact on our thinking. That imagination has impact on your behaviour. You"re either part of my group or you"re part of another group. The scientific study of the way in which a person"s thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people (allport, 1985) Information applicable to large amount of people. Woody allen explores social relationships with an artistic approach in his movies (love, betrayal ) We don"t look at abnormal behaviour but rather we look at the process of relatedness (the influence of others on us and our influence on others) Science is not about the topic, it"s the method. Set of values that we have to adapt.