PS270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Kurt Lewin, Social Neuroscience, Naturalistic Fallacy
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Cinderella"s premise: we humans are first of all beings in a situation . Relating to others is a basic need some argue self esteem is nothing more than reading how accepted we feel by others: relating to other is a basic need that shapes all our social actions. Social psychology and human values social psychologists values penetrate their work in ways both obvious and subtle: Obvious ways in which values enter social psychology values enter the picture with our choice of research topics social-psych reflect social history: ex. 1970 feminists movement brought forth a whole new study on gender values differ not only across time but also across cultres values also influence the types of people attracted to various disciplines: ex. No: the realization that human thinking always involves interpretations is precisely why we need researchers with varying biases to undertake scientific analysis. To be honest i stopped here but you"ve already learned all of this in.
