PSYB10H3 : Introduction to Social Psychology.docx
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Correlational designs: proper interpretation, if you have a correlational study, you can say that the two aspects co-vary each other and predict each other but not causation. Theory of mind: to predict what somebody else is thinking and to know that your thoughts are not their thoughts. (occurs around 3-4 years if age) Lay theory: what people in general think or believe. Social cognition: controlled cognition for example taking a test and focusing. Automatic cognition is when you think about doctors, nurses come to mind automatically. Pre-attentive processes: something that catches your attention following by possible actions, for example, someone pulls out a gun, it catches your attention and you hide for cover. Pilot study: where they develop the stimuli, for example, snyder"s initial self-fulfilling prophecy method. Semantic network: the categorization of different things and its relationships in your mind. For example, robins are related to birds whereas ostrich would be further related.
