PSYB10H3 Chapter 1: Chapter 1
26 Apr 2011
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The power of social interpretation social psychology is distinct because it is concerned with how people are influenced by their interpretations, or construal, of their social environment. Folk wisdom journalists, social critics, and novelists gather sources from folk wisdom or common sense. The power of social influence fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overestimate the extent to which people"s behaviour stems from internal factors, and underestimate role of situational factors www. notesolution. com. Underestimate power of social influence experience feeing of false security tend to oversimplify complex situations, which decreases our understanding of causes of great deal of human behaviour social norms shape people"s behaviour in powerful ways. Where construals come from: basic human motives two motives are of primary importance: need to be accurate and need to feel good about ourselves sometimes need for self-justification can fly in face of need to be accurate. The self-esteem approach: the need to feel good about ourselves.
