PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Psych, Condom, Homicide
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Social psych is about understanding social connections with each other: how people"s thoughts, feelings, behavior is influenced by factors in social world. Gordon all port said a similar quote. Woody allen examines interpersonal relationships but lacks scientific value and methods therefore only anecdotal. Religious stuff explains stuff but expects people to simply believe. Michael moore lacks objectivity and systemic observation. Hypothesis guess about relationship between events and examine accuracy about. Commitment to collecting accurate error free data, objectivity and bias free. Research methods for investigating stuff, get info, evaluate hypothesis with observation. Social psych examines self-presentation how we present our ideas about self to others: convey it in many forms: ex. The car we drive, clothes, casual references we make in convo. How we think feel and act in social world. How we form impressions and infer stuff about others and events: social perceptions. Social cognition how we think about people and the social world (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
