01:830:321 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Universal Property, Construals, Psych
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Power of the situation > influence of others overlooked. Social influence the effect that the words, actions, or mere presence of other people have on our thoughts, feeling , attitudes or behavior. Social reality is subjective/constructive > subject to bias and error ; no one is fully objective of social reality. Social behavior = largely automatic > factors that determine social behavior are driven by processes we aren"t aware of/can"t control. Scientific discipline > experimentally based > objective answers. Common sense gives dueling proverbs , not answers. Importance of construals: construal how people interpret, understand, and represent social situations determine their affect cognition, and behavior, subjective and vary among individuals social perception is a constructive process. To feel good about ourselves > self esteem. To achieve acceptance and approval of others. To reduce uncertainty > motive to be sure. Construals > expectations > confirmation : sfp.
