PSYC 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gestalt Psychology, Social Cognition
20 Nov 2012
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Book notes: chapter 1 the introduction to social psychology. Social psychology the scientific study of the way in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people. Construal way in which people perceive, comprehend, and interpret the social world. How people are influenced by their interpretation of their social environment. A subjective way of seeing the world, as opposed to objectively seeing it. Na ve realism we assume that other reasonable people see things the same way we do. Because of this phenomenon, people tend to oversimplify and underestimate the power of the situation. Popular sayings such as absence makes the heart grow fonder and out of sight, out of mind contradict each other. Frequently turns out to be wrong or oversimplified, and people tend not to learn from previous incidents. Philosophy has been a major source of insight about human nature.
