PSYC 360 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Informed Consent, Display Rules, Social Perception

• School: University of Kansas
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 360
• Professor: All

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Please note: there may be concepts on the exam that are not explicitly stated on this review sheet, also, some of the concepts listed here may not appear on the exam. This review sheet is meant to help guide your studying, if you have any questions about the exam please come visit me in office hours! Scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. Scientific study of the ways in which most individuals are affected by social situations: differences between sociology, personality, social psychology. Personality- examines individual differences in behavior (how does one person differ from another?: what makes on person more aggressive than another? . Emphasis on construal has its roots in gestalt psychology (how people interpret things) We need to understand the fundamental laws of human nature that explain why we construe the social world the way we do.