PSYCH 2C03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Fundamental Attribution Error, Gestalt Psychology, Universal Property
7 Feb 2017
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Social psychology: the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) stud(cid:455) of the (cid:449)a(cid:455) i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h people"s thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs, and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. Construal: the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world. Social psychologists are concerned with how people are influenced by their construal of their social environment. Folk wisdom: common sense, often wrong or oversimplified. Philosophy: great thinkers, but it is the job of the social psychologist to put philosophers" theories to the test. For a social psychologist, the level of analysis is the individual in the context of a social situation. Sociology is more concerned with broad societal factors that influence events in a society. The goal of social psychology is to identify universal properties of human nature that make everyone susceptible to social influence, regardless of social class or culture. Personality psychologists focus on the individual differences between people that lead to certain behaviours, which ignores social influence.
