PSY 2110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Muzafer Sherif, Floyd Henry Allport, How We Think
23 Nov 2016
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A commitment to collecting accurate and error-free information; a commitment to objectivity and collecting data that are free of bias. Follow a scientific method, a research method for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, and evaluating and integrating previous knowledge. Scientific method: a technique for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, and/or correcting previous knowledge. Form educated guesses called hypothesis, about the relationship between events, and then examine the accuracy of this hypothesis. Hypothesis: a testable prediction about the conditions under which an event will occur. Social psychology: a scientific study of the way in which a person"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real, imagined, or implied presence of others. Self-presentation: how people work to convey certain images of themselves to others. How we dress, what car we drive, our cell phone etc. How we think, feel, and act in the social world.
