SOC2109- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 70 pages long!)
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Social psychologists are interested in studying how and why out thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are shaped by the social environment. Social psychology is defined as the scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings and actions are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. **break down: scientific a lot of social psychology that we talk about will be scientific, look at experiments or other methods (quantitative) **religion, friends, family (social institutions) that shape you. Sociology is the scientific study of human society. Social psychologists who work in this tradition are interested in the relationship between individuals and group. **not experimental, more theory and cause and effect because of issues. Psychology is the scientific study of the individual and of individual behaviour. Social psychologists who work in this tradition are concerned with individual behaviour and social stimuli. Microsociology (or sociological social psychology): looking at individual components.
