PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gordon Allport, In-Group Favoritism, Social Constructionism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Psyc*2310! and behaviour ! but what they imagine people think or do! Social psychology: understanding people"s connections with each other; how we are. Commitment to collecting accurate and error-free information, objectivity, and collecting data. Scienti c method: research method for investigating phenomena, and acquiring knowledge ! Our views of ourselves depend on our sociocultural environment ! Self-perception, how we see ourselves, how we think about ourselves! Self-presentation, how we present our ideas about ourselves to other people! How we think, feel, and act in the social world! Social perception: how people form impressions and make inferences about other people! Social cognition: describes how we think about people and the world! Social in uence: impact of other people"s attitudes and behaviour on our thoughts, feelings, People"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour in uenced not only by what other people think/do, Examines the impact of events on our attitudes and behaviours ! How our attitudes and behaviour shape the social world!