PSYC 3030 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Theory Of Planned Behavior, Kurt Lewin, Fundamental Attribution Error

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3030
• Professor: afdar

Document Summary

History of social psychology: the scientific study of social psychology developed at the end of the 19tg century. Floyd allport wrote a important book on interaction of individuals in their social contexts. Gorden allport prejudice, establishment of the spssi. Muzafer sherif experimental research on social influences. Chapter 1: gestalt and positive psychology, behaviourist, socio-cultural, humanistic perspectives, social vs. self-perception, self-fulfilling prophecy, hindsight bias. ** negative political messages are, persuasive than positive political messages is an example of. Is it possible to have accurate understanding of self-knowledge? yes autobiography writers self-concept is the most complete form of knowledge imaginable: no- psychoanalyst self-concept is very hard to obtain. Reasons for some of our behaviour are hidden from our conscious awareness. Healthy self-knowledge: according to taylor and brown (1998) good mental health includes several systematic distortion. **caution there is an optimal margin of illusion for healthy adjustment. Is a sense of personal worth: there are two roots to self-esteem.