PSY220H1 Chapter Notes -Null Hypothesis, Confirmation Bias, Statistical Inference
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Study of the nature and causes of behaviour and thoughts of an individual in social situations. Key features of social psych: scientific focused on behaviour and thought of individuals foused on causes of behaviour. There are certain problems with common sense, in that it"s not always clear e. g. hindsight bias: we say things are common sense often when they have passed. We overestimate how well we would have predicted a known outcome e. g. planning fallacy: projects tend to take longer than the time we set for them. Social psych is imp b/c we are prone to errors and we rely on the scientific method. Skepticism: e. g. pregnancy news is often not shared with other ppl until it"s absolutely certain. They are unconscious processes that happen without our knowledge. For example, you might indulge in a stereotype or a racist remark without intention even you are not a racist; or often times we meet ppl that we just don"t like!
