PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Heredity, Social Neuroscience, Visible Minority
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Psy220: chapter 1 the field of social psychology (lecture 1) Virtually everything we do, feel, or think is related in some way to the social side of life. Social psychology: the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behaviour and thoughts in social situations. Buehler and griffin investigated the phenomenon in undergraduate students, it took them 10. 7 days to finish an academic project compared to the 5 days they predicted it would take; they overestimated their abilities and underestimated the time needed. Research shows that this is due to the tendency to think of the future when estimating the time required for a project instead of thinking of the past. Social psychology focuses on the behaviour of individuals, but we do not exist in a vacuum. Social psychology seeks to understand the causes of social behaviour and social thought. Often affected by others" appearances as well especially someone that seems attractive to you.
