PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Internal Validity, Fundamental Attribution Error, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate
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Social psychology: the study of social processes, how the presence of others affects the way we think, feel and behave. Physically or in our heads (imagining when they aren"t actually there: social situations can be real or imagines. Example: someone cuts you off at traffic 1. Example: everybody is claiming that they love a certain movie but you didn"t originally like it, but u agreed with the group and said you loved it. Social psychology: focuses on how social situations can influence the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of an individual. Personality psychology: focuses on how differences between individuals influence thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Stable attributes of people across time and situations, averaging across situations. Example: people who are quite introverted, tend to act this way. Sociology: focuses on behavior of communities and groups, not individuals. Typically looks at culture or group levels factors. Situations can often determine behavior despite individual differences.
