PSYC 2120 Chapter 1: Social Psychology Chapter 1.docx
28 Oct 2013
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Gordon allport an attempt to understand and explain how the thought, feelings, and behaviour of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of other humans . Deeply rooted in the intellectual and cultural environments of north america and europe. We organize our perceptual experiences to make sense of the world (ex. seeing 3 horizontal lines of starts rather than seeing 14 vertical groups of 3) Kevin lewin: founder of modern social psych, trained in gestalt psychology. Historical events early theory and research in social psych was sparked by truly horrific events (holocaust: a lot of it focused on explaining problematic behaviour (aggression, stereotyping, prejudice, also focused on positive behaviour like altruism, attraction and leadership. Is there a third factor?: 2 things may be related, but doesn"t mean one causes the other. Sub-disciplines in psychology social psych connected to several sub-disciplines in psychology. Philosophy: humanistic discipline, considers existential questions (meaning of life, ethics, human nature, values)
