PSYC 2310 Midterm: Social Psychology Lecture Notes for Midterm #1

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Man {human} is by nature a social animal (aristotle, politics, c, 328 b. c. ) The scientific study of the way in which a person s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influence by the real or imagined presence of other people (allport, 1985) A field must adopt a set of values and methods to be considered a scientific field. Three of these values are: accuracy, objectivity, skepticism. Scientific method is systematic observation, description, and measurement. * social psychology differs from philosophy because social psychology is empirical. Prejudice, establishment of the society for the psychological study of social issues. Cognitive dissonance competing parts and values, not harmonious. The self in social world chapter 3. Three features of self (baumeister, 1986): self includes the body, self includes the social identity i am canadian, i am atheist. Connection with others i am the only child: self is the active agent. It is the i", i" make the decision for myself.