PSYC 2245 Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch. 1: Leon Festinger, Order Of The Solar Temple, Gestalt Psychology

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We are less likely to come up with a contextual reason rather than a. The phenomenon of social influence: direct attempts at persuasion (one deliberately tries to change another"s behaviour, includes our thoughts, feelings and actions. Social psychologists are interested in how people are influenced by their interpretation. The task of the social psychologist is to try to understand and predict human behaviour. Construal: the way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world. Folk wisdom or common sense: birds of a feather flock together opposites attract . Our best guess at what is the cause: the solar temple tragedy. They were however, very productive members of society that consisted of a mayor, journalist etc. Fixing blame may help us feel better by resolving our confusion, but it is no substitute for understanding the complexities of the situations that produced those events. Both disciplines are concerned with the influence of social and societal factors on human behaviour.

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