PSY 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Impression Management, Artificiality, Full Moon
14 Oct 2016
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People usually think they are smarter and well informed than they really are existence layperson"s knowledge from a parent, or friend or media. Researchers need a system to test hypothesis and beliefs. We need to put rest to myths and stereotypes that can be dangerous. Our values influence our work and what topics we tend to focus on. An example of this can be seen in the trends of social psych studies publish from 1940 to 1970: 1940 studies published on prejudice; 1950 studies on conformity; 1960 studies on aggression; Values also vary depending on our culture and they shape social psychology in different countries for instance, european social psych studies focus on group dynamics and social identity, whereas north. American journals focus on how people are the presence of others (evaluation apprehension and social facilitation) influence how we perceive or natural/unnatural. This is known as the naturalistic fallacy what we perceive as being typical, normal or good.
