PSYC 2310 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Muzafer Sherif, Floyd Henry Allport, Kurt Lewin
21 Mar 2013
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Chapters 1, 3, 4, and 6 20% 5 questions from 1st lecture, 7 questions for all other lectures. Scientific method: a research method for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, and evaluating and integrating previous knowledge. Hypothesis: educated guess; the relationship between events. How we think about ourselves (self-perception): self-presentation: how we present our ideas about ourselves to others; how people work to convey certain images of themselves to others. The car we drive, the clothes or jewellery we wear. How our attitudes and behaviour shape the social world: self-fulfilling prophecy: the process by which people"s expectations about a person lead them to elicit behaviour the confirms these expectations. These actions elicit the behaviour that is expected. This prophecy leads people to confirm whatever beliefs they have, and makes it difficult for these beliefs to be disconfirmed. Floyd allport first social psychology textbook ever written. Gestalt psychology: a theory that proposes objects are viewed holistically.
